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...that a reason to be optimistic? Sure. Is it time to break out the champagne? Hardly...
...Davis turned in perhaps Harvard’s gutsiest performance at No. 6, showing resilience after dropping the second set 5-7. The rookie suffered an early break, but responded with four straight games to put the match out of reach. With a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win, Davis capped a storybook senior day with a dominant showing from all classes, a victory made even sweeter following a February team loss to the Big Green...
...Indeed, Johnson's legislative haul dwarfs anything before or since; he quickly got Congress on track to pass landmark civil rights bills and create Medicare, among other things. "And you have to say that Reagan had a significant 100 days," Goodwin adds, "because he represented a clear break from the policies of the past, even if his signature legislation - the tax cuts - didn't pass until after the 100 days were over. But I don't think we've ever seen anything like Obama since Roosevelt." (See Mark Halperin's report card for the Obama Administration...
...President's willingness to speak candidly about American failures when he travels at home and overseas - Wall Street's role in launching the financial crisis, for example - has annoyed Bush stalwarts, but it has opened the door for a new, cooperative foreign policy that is as dramatic a break from the past as the domestic initiatives Obama described in his Georgetown speech...
...writing in The News, called for an overhaul of current strategies, including reaching out to Pakistan's old foe, India. If Pakistan doesn't have to worry about protecting its eastern flank, she argued, it can concentrate on solving its internal problems. "The only option for Pakistan is to break free of the militant grip, focus on building a new relationship with India and realize the only hope for a brighter future lies in building regional harmony rather than waging war." It's a sound proposal for the long term, but with the Taliban already taking advantage of the peace...