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...conservative message must be modernized. Others see a need to return to the conservatism of old. For many, Palin was a godsend, a true populist in the spirit of Ronald Reagan. For others, she was a nightmare. With no leader in sight, factions are maneuvering behind the scenes to assign blame and take control. "It's not going to be business as usual," says Richard Viguerie, a 75-year-old direct-mail wizard who joined the conservative movement before becoming a foot soldier for Barry Goldwater. "There are going to be just some massive battles for the heart and soul...
...addresses will require full names and class years, such that current juniors would be firstname.lastname.10@college.harvard.edu. This arrangement, however, neglects the fact that students often take time off, and in doing so might change their graduation year. A preferable format would be to not include class years, but assign every student an address that includes their full name. Although these addresses may seem unduly long, it is rare that students ever must type out a full address to send an e-mail, as drop down menus allow users to select the appropriate address after entering only the first few letters...
...most recent rankings announcement. “Human beings are complex, and what’s best for one person won’t be best for another,” Lewis said in a written statement. “So I approve of transparency, but tend not to assign to much significance to one-dimensional rankings,” U.K. schools saw a widespread drop in rankings this year, with top universities Cambridge and Oxford falling behind Yale to third and fourth place. Higher education observers in England worry that their universities will continue to fall behind American peers...
...launch on Oct. 14, contains blog notes of popular Harvard lectures. Past bloggers include students enrolled in the course, as well as TFs. An added component of the site is an interactive forum where users can create an account, make a group, invite friends to join, and assign various tasks (i.e. lecture notes for certain lectures), all in an effort to promote more effective learning and more transparency among study groups...
...assign a single cause to the behavior of stock markets - which are aggregations of thousands of companies - is at best difficult and at worst foolish. Nonetheless, there were events that were hard to ignore. Insurance contracts tied to the debt of the now defunct Lehman Brothers were finally settled up, and - after much breath-holding - no other firms unraveled. In Washington, black SUVs and town cars of the G-7's central bankers and Treasury officials rolled into town, bringing with them the hope that the people with the power to fix things - assuming there are such people - will collectively...