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...five years as president. But regardless of one’s opinion of his tenure, it is clear that Summers deserves better than to be shouted down at Medford by misinformed critics. We hope that Summers’ speech tonight will show his critics just how off base they...
...score.Two unearned runs in the third—resulting from an error and a fielder’s choice—put the Crimson in a three-run hole after only three innings.With two outs, junior Shelly Madick relieved freshman starter Dana Roberts and wiggled out of a bases-loaded jam. Harvard mustered a run in the fifth inning when senior Lauren Brown crossed the plate. The score was a team effort, as Brown singled up the middle to lead off the inning and advanced on a pair of sacrifices—a bunt by senior Julia Kidder...
...McCain and Giuliani's candidacies, like Bush's in 2004, are Reaganesque: At base, they are about national security. But that foundation has now collapsed. McCain's support for the Iraq surge, and his tough talk on Iran, no longer rouses even G.O.P. audiences. And Giuliani's vague calls for staying on the offense against terrorists ring much hollower now that most Americans yearn to bring our troops home from Ramadi and Baghdad. As Tom Schaller recently noted in The American Prospect, the major speakers at CPAC barely mentioned Iraq...
...Protestant denomination) is a diplomat and an affable character, so when he speaks plainly the words carry weight. And his salvos launched at Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani were the warning shots in the evangelical primary: who has the strongest claim to the hearts and minds of the G.O.P. base...
...legislator. More interesting is why he's choosing to do so now. One theory is that becau se his approval ratings have been falling for months ahead of vital elections to be held in the spring, he may feel the need to shore up his conservative support base. But in pandering to the right, he could throw away something far more important - Japan's improving relations with China and South Korea, its vital neighbors and trade partners. With the 70th anniversary of the Nanking massacre (when invading Japanese troops targeted the Chinese city) coming...