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...White House’s drive to war has been challenged prominently by France and Germany, but the Feb. 15 protests also show dissent for war within the U.S. and Britain??whose leaders are the most aggressive in pushing for war. Some American politicians have ignored or underplayed the considerable public opposition to war, thus thousands of people decided that they were unable to simply rely on their representatives—instead they traveled to New York, braved the weather and maneuvered around the police in order to directly voice their opinions in a public...
Once a week, a unique column appears in the Oxford Student and voices a keen perspective on the goings-on at one of Britain??s most prestigious universities. In a recurring feature titled “Veritas,” the author passes judgement on some of the biggest issues bouncing around the Oxford campus—in an American accent. The columnist hails from another vaunted institution in the little town of Cambridge—Massachusetts, that is—and belongs to none other than Crimson Editorial Editor Robert J. Fenster...
...anything. The Oxford Student is “a little more tabloid-ish, a little more edgy,” says Fenster. With such telling headlines as “Shit Happens” (over student council elections) and “Surrey to Sell Out” (when Britain??s Surrey University took an initiative to break away from traditional government funding), Oxford’s weekly tiptoes along the line of objectivity. After all, straight-faced, no-nonsense reporting is so Puritan...
...accepted the need for reform. In reality, several of them, including the former colonial power Britain, have given the Zimbabwean government funds to undertake these reforms. But these funds have been squandered by a government that, up until now, carefully avoided undertaking all but the most perfunctory land reform. Britain??s current refusal to provide funds for reform, much vilified by Mugabe’s sympathizers, has nothing to do with some form of latent colonial sympathy. The refusal is a result of the Zimbabwean government’s refusal to adhere to the rule...
Recent government studies have indicated that weak management skills contribute to Britain??s poor productivity. But some management groups have said the government is blaming managers for problems that are actually caused by increased regulations and taxes...