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...period of time—it is difficult to conceive of a legitimate circumstance that would call for the simultaneous purchase of multiple handguns. Similarly difficult to comprehend is the need for personal ownership of assault weapons; renewing the federal ban on such weapons should be a Congressional priority. Background checks must be thorough and make use of all available resources—they should not be “instant” enough to be completed in 15 minutes. Finally, the federal government must end the indefensible exceptions that surround gun shows, where in many states there...
...tell a lot often by a person’s ZIP code,” according to Admissions Dean William R. Fitzsimmons ’67. “We can determine in a rough kind of way if students come from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background...
...codes and other data are accurate predictors of socioeconomic background, then it’s simply misleading to say (as the College does) that admissions are need blind. Need is known. If, on the other hand, the portrait painted by current information is imprecise, then Harvard is falling short in its effort to factor financial hardship into admissions...
...sure how much of this sunk in with my students. One of their main concerns was that Woodward and Bernstein rarely stopped to eat. (My guys couldn't even sit through the whole film without a cigarette break.) But I was surprised by how they intuitively understood the political background behind the Watergate investigation. Not that many had heard of Watergate or the Nixon tapes, or understood the job of the Attorney General. What they understood, very clearly, was that the President of the United States had used the FBI and the CIA to spy on the opposition and stay...
Children have neither the background, education, nor the independence to consider their situation and make intelligible decisions about their conditions and the political environment of their country. Proof of this incapability came as soon as their prepared and seemingly coached remarks were completed and the audience asked questions. Very basic topics were brought up, such as what the children thought of media coverage or what they thought of the politics in the region, and in several cases, the children simply could not form opinions, even after multiple translations were offered. The children had their talking points down very well...