Word: attacks
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...Scientology, is no stranger to controversy and the absurd. In their fight to protect animals, they have done everything from hurling paint on old women wearing fur to distastefully comparing chicken farming to Nazism and the Holocaust.With the rise of ubiquitous internet media though, PETA has refocused their attack on the mediums with the highest hit count: pornography and viral videos.Whether the cause be “Don’t Wear Fur” or “Don’t Eat Meat,” PETA has decided that one way they can get people?...
...faculty employees would be laid off. Harvard has laid off 275 employees, out of a staff of 13,000. The so-called Yale model of endowment management—characterized by significant exposure to nontraditional, illiquid asset classes including private equity—has come under attack in recent years as many university endowments, including Harvard’s, have suffered heavy losses with that strategy in the economic downturn. Yale’s endowment return has averaged 15.9 percent over the last 20 years, excluding fiscal year 2008, according to the 2008 endowment report. Yale is expected to release...
...We’ve got four great games and we’re playing all of them to win.”In order to do so, the Crimson must revamp its offense, which struggled last weekend.In particular, players cited a lack of variety in the Harvard attack, but Farrar insisted that issue is in the past.“It’s a natural part of the process [that] early in the season you’re putting things in along the way,” Farrar said. “We’ve…added...
Wilson admitted that he enjoys the thrill of the attack. During a controversial lecture on the biological basis for human nature in 1978 an audience member emptied a pitcher of water on Wilson’s head...
...fourth year, funds a semester-long term for experts in news media. Fellows are selected by a committee of the Shorenstein Center’s senior staff and Kennedy School faculty. This year’s fellows are John G. Geer, a Vanderbilt professor and an expert on political attack ads; Loen Kelley, a television producer who has worked with CBS, CNN, and CNBC; Bill Mitchell, a faculty member at the Poynter Institute who studies the evolving economics of news; and Steve Williams, executive editor for the BBC’s Asia Pacific channels. In addition, Daniel Okrent, the first...