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...feet. "Basically, it means that suddenly you have capitulated on your core fundamental principles for the sake of a few weeks of peace and getting out of here," the businessman says. But given the direction of the war, many in Washington, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates, have begun to bluntly argue that setting up a state in Afghanistan based on the core principles the U.S. holds dear may be a bridge...
...While decisive, the order can be reversed by a future President, so Obama urged congressional leaders to seal the intent of his order into law - a process that Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado has already begun. DeGette co-authored two previous bills expanding taxpayer support of embryonic-stem-cell research, both of which Bush vetoed...
...This excitement is somewhat attenuated, however in light of our university’s current science related woes. It is unfortunate that we have slowed construction of the science complex in Allston, which has pushed stem cell research into old laboratories unequipped for such advanced procedures. We have already begun to witness the fallout created by the Allston delay: a few prominent professors of Molecular and Cellular Biology, displaced by the recent changes, have threatened to leave the university. We hope that, as Obama’s policy changes take effect in the next couple of years, Harvard will take...
...We’ve struggled to close teams out...and tonight we lost our third [game], but turned it around in the fourth, reduced our errors, and served well. The serve was hopefully a turning point for us.”Such optimism about improved play has begun to take root, as Harvard finds itself back in the race for a league title. In order to take this step, though, the Crimson must find equal success on the road. HARVARD 3, RUTGERS-NEWARK 2Friday evening’s contest brought more drama to the MAC, as the Crimson...
...other gunmen had begun the siege of Mumbai, terrorizing the occupants of the Taj, the Oberoi and Nariman House. Qasab and Khan drove almost aimlessly through the streets. They ditched the police car, which had a flat tire, and took a white Skoda, ejecting three women without hurting them. Veering toward the sea, they bypassed the Oberoi on Marine Drive before being stopped by a barricade the police had set up ahead of them at the Girgaon Chaupati intersection...