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...could have predicted that Jack and I would be running mates in 1996. We didn't always agree, we ran against each other in 1988, and I was never a total convert to some of his ideas. But we agreed on a 15% across-the-board tax cut and reduced federal spending as key components of our campaign. In the end, the power of ideas, enthusiasm about the future, passion for racial equality, positivity and inclusion brought us together. Jack never claimed his ideas were flawless, but he knew that our party, to become a majority, needed new ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jack Kemp | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...gather advertisement sales, but also their ability to create an on-campus presence. The magazine has struggled to get sponsorships for their promotional events, such as Outwit—an annual freestyle competition, says Xu, who is also an active member of The Crimson’s Arts board...

Author: By Brian Mejia and Beverly E. Pozuelos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Student Periodicals Cope With Downturn | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

Designed to handle crimes committed in times of war or rebellion, military commissions stretch far back into American history. General George Washington convened a precursor to a military commission - a board of inquiry - in 1780 to try a British major accused of conspiring with Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War. The board recommended to Washington that Major John Andre be executed, and he was promptly hanged. Military commissions' first documented use came during the Mexican-American War in 1847, when the U.S. Army occupied large areas of Mexico that lacked a working court system. Since then they've been used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Military Commissions | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...assets not listed on the filings. External investment firms currently manage 70 percent of the endowment. According to its 2008 year-end financial report, emerging market equity made up 10 percent of the University’s portfolio and returned 7.6 percent as of June 30, beating the HMC board-approved benchmark of 4.8 percent for the asset class.The year-end report noted that Harvard uses both internal and external managers, as well as international private equity funds, to oversee its emerging market equity, and listed as one policy change for the coming fiscal year “a need...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMC Reshuffles Equity Investments | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

...Brown by only 0.3 seconds. The varsity C four also placed third, while in the varsity B four, the crew managed to pull out a second place finish, falling to Yale but beating Brown with a time of 7:35.2. “All of the boats across the board performed above and beyond,” Kendrick said. “Everyone was at the top of their game today.”For the lightweight squad, the weekend was more bittersweet. Ranked No. 2 nationally going into the race, the varsity eight could not stop Wisconsin, Princeton...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Shores Up Skills in Jersey | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

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