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...Denenberg stoically overcame the furious shots and circus antics of Mihai Nichifor to win 7-6, 4-6, 10-5. Denenberg won the concluding super-tiebraker going away while his opponent amused the crowd and angered the officials with groans, curses, and a brief dropping of his shorts...
...some inappropriate analogies,” Jackie B. Granick ’08, the chair of the alliance, said. “Dershowitz sort of simplified the argument and blamed the Palestinian people for the irresponsibility of their political leaders.” Dershowitz opened the talk with a brief history of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, remarking that Carter was “responsible in part” for convincing the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to walk away from a deal that would have created two separate states in the region. “He?...
...Television-news anchors will get sidekicks, house bands and vocal in-studio audiences (and a brief boost in the ratings...
Consider only this brief passage by H.W. Bellows, one of the most important advocates of James K. Polk’s invasion of Mexico. The passage summarizes a common pro-war argument of the time: “Mexico will ultimately fall a political prey, not to force, but to a superior population, insensibly oozing into her territories, changing her customs, and out-loving, out-trading, exterminating her weaker blood.” Who can read this passage and remain oblivious to the intersection of gender, politics, and territorial expansion? I hope that I won’t need...
Previously, the third year of medical school had consisted of brief rotations among affiliated local hospitals, which critics said made it difficult for students to form meaningful relationships with faculty and patients...