Word: bille
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...housing process to avoid the increasingly non-diverse student groupings. Students could choose a maximum of 16 students to block with, but could no longer request to be in a particular house; in other words, fate was introduced to the housing process. William F. Abely ’99, Bill, now an attorney in Boston, and his blocking group would become the first to perform a sacrificial rite the night before housing...
...biggest challenge to effective policy as we attempt to climb our way out of this recession, administer universal health care, reform public education, and push through a climate-change bill is the de facto supermajority requirement for any bill in the Senate...
...primarily used by Southern senators seeking to block civil-rights legislation. Filibusters were not a factor in enacting the legislative agendas of presidents from Roosevelt through Bush Sr. The filibuster has only entered into wide usage in the last 15 years, beginning in Bill Clinton’s first term, when Republicans filibustered 32 times during the 103rd Congress. That number has grown steadily since, thanks to both Republicans and Democrats. The latest Congress filibustered 112 times, 51 of which were successful. The institutionalization of the filibuster is perhaps the premier bipartisan accomplishment of the last two decades, even...
...days later, I met up with my #10, another senior. Not quite as compatible (93.07), so I suggested getting burritos at Felipe’s. Datamatch strikes again! I love Bill Clinton, and she had interned at the Clinton Foundation. Conversation was easy, but I couldn’t tell...
...people in the program, but outside it as well.” Leadership and individual development shape the mission of Harvard wrestling, so in the eyes of his grapplers, Jay Weiss—recipient of the 2007 United States Marine Corps Excellence in Leadership Award—fits the bill better than anyone to lead the growth of this team...