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...implication of Bush's newfound candor, and his insistence that his decisions are being directed by advice from his generals on the ground, raises an unspoken question. If the generals are running the war and it is going so badly, shouldn't they share some of the blame...
...Blame it on Harvard goggles, spiked hot chocolate at Harvard-Yale, or that blonde you picked up at Felipe’s; whatever (or whoever) the reason, you just might find yourself part of the elite group signing up for a sexually transmitted infections test at University Health Services (UHS) this semester...
...individual requirements and courses is perhaps even more vital to its long-term viability. A lack of strong oversight has allowed the current Core to decompose from a tight system guided by a clear rationale into the hodgepodge of specialty courses that it is today. Much of the blame goes to the CSC, which meets infrequently and prioritizes methods of student evaluation over course content when deciding which courses count for Core credit. For instance, the CSC insists that a course must have both a midterm and final examination, artificially limiting the number of courses that can satisfy a Core...
...short, the book is informative, but just not very enjoyable. Schelling makes several attempts at humor, some of them hysterical, and some of them atrocious (“winnings and losings add to zero [less than what one must pay for sandwiches]”). At least the blame can partially be placed on the editors, who failed to take out several of the author’s outdated or nonsensical jokes. Perhaps in an attempt to liven up the book, Schelling provides too many examples for concepts that only require one or two. At one point, he even tries...
...rather than directly confront the Shi'ite militias, the prime minister tends to deflect the blame for the sectarian violence toward Sunni terrorist organizations. He did it again Wednesday, saying: "The root of the bloody cycle that we are undergoing is the presence of terror organizations that have arrived in the country...