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...short cover letter addressed to the senators, Faust stressed Harvard’s commitment to expanding access to those from poorer backgrounds, while suggesting that a blanket policy—like Grassley’s talk of mandating a five percent payout rate—might be ill-advised...
Hart said the Square network could serve as a model for other community organizations seeking to blanket their neighborhood with wireless Internet, but she said that the sheer number of units required with current technology would stymie a city-wide effort...
...This is no easy task. In dealing with a strange and distant place, there is a great risk of simplification. Policy makers and the public want an easily digestible analysis, distinguishing good from bad and recommending blanket action. Academics who insist on a nuanced view are often sidelined. Their role in framing the debate is then filled by an obliging but inexpert press, which resorts to dismissive stereotypes when their Manichean analysis breaks down...
...Reagan—seem particularly key. Defense spending has long been a bete noire for the Democrats, and only recently have party leaders—including some presidential hopefuls—begun seriously backing plans for heightened military expenditures. It is time for Democrats to realize that their longtime blanket opposition to costly military programs has been misguided—and that there is a viable middle ground between the minimalist defense posture of Kennedy and the indiscriminate military spending of the current Administration. On the domestic front, the party must inject a greater degree of fiscal responsibility into existing...
...response to fears of Halloween candy tampering, nine Massachusetts towns threatened a blanket ban on trick or treating...