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...would think that the masters collectively would have a broader view of life at Harvard," Plants said. "But they see student Houses as the bedrock of campus life...

Author: By Alexander B. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Masters Deny 24-Hour Keycard Access Request | 2/16/2001 | See Source »

...Rice and trade representative Robert Zoellick, all of whom have earned respect in European capitals. They have spent the early days of the Administration mending fences. In her first day on the job Rice said her top task will be to keep U.S. alliances strong; Powell called nato ?the bedrock? of American relations with Europe. No one believes that the U.S. under Bush plans to retreat from the world stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Present Danger | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...would stand up to the legal bazookas and hand grenades the Republicans would be aiming at it. The decision's most quotable passages are its sweeping appeals to the nation's most cherished common values: "This Presidential election has demonstrated the vulnerability of what we believe to be a bedrock principle of democracy: that every vote counts." But below the surface, in the arguments and citations, the majority was busily building in every legal defense it could muster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Supreme Contest | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

Headlining the Crimson's efforts on the road trip was another stellar performance from senior goaltender Oli Jonas. In one short month as the team's No. 1 netminder, he has firmly ensconced himself as a bedrock between the pipes...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Gains Three Points From Cornell, Colgate | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...laborious dilution process is not unique to Oscillococcinum. It is the bedrock of homeopathy, a mystical specialty invented in the early 19th century by Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician. Homeopaths today still rely on his "law of similars," which holds that tiny quantities of a substance that in larger amounts produces symptoms of a disease will cure that disease. Another homeopathic dictum, the "law of infinitesimals," states that the smaller the dose, the more powerful the effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something to Sneeze At | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

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