Word: band-aid
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...embarrasment. It was a disgrace. It accumulated to 25 goals scored on the Crimson in the last two games, over a fourth of what the team gave up all last year. And believe it or not, it was the first time in this band-aid kind of season that Harvard has lost two games in a row. (Of course, we haven't let the 11-3 humiliation to Boston College slip our minds yet, have we?). But most of all, it was just a damn shame...
Needless to say, the committee is not perfect, nor are the programs it has helped to produce. Indeed, the programs are for the most part band-aid measures and are not long-run solutions to the country's income distribution problems. Unfortunately, right now such measures are the only game in town and the Select Committee on Nutrition is the best player we have. It is the only body in the Senate with a real commitment to improving the lot of poor people in this country. For those who do not feel this goal is important, the Litany of Hunger...
...great Band-Aid'?" asks the Richmond News Leader's Jeff MacNelly, who just may be the best young cartoonist in America. "Carter is hard to package...
...expect much in the way of enforcement by OCR. Its buddy-buddy relationship with Harvard makes it unlikely that the government will do more than slap Harvard on the hand and "encourage" it to make a "good faith effort" to solve the most blatant problems. But just as a band-aid cannot cure cancer, neither can a slap on the hand stop Harvard's historic policies of national, racial and sexual discrimination. The attacks on democratic rights exist beyond the bounds of Harvard and must be met in a movement not only among students, but also among workers and professional...
...East this year. As for Cornell, they have the man who, for my money, is and has been the best runner in the Ivy League for the past two years. His name is Don Fanelli, and his knees are now held together by two rubber bands and a Band-Aid after countless operations. He was injured in the Harvard game last season, and his return to 100 per cent is questionable. But if he's healthy, Cornell is a factor...