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...also weighs on the mind of any rival who might question his integrity. On the floor of the Senate last week, McCain declared he would share the responsibility for American lives lost in a ground war against Serbia. "But," he went on, "I would rather face that sad burden than hide from my conscience because I sought an ambiguous political position to seek shelter behind." Words like those have given McCain the beginning of a presidential sheen...
Free market efficiency comparisons between vouchers and public schools are not valid. Since public schools must provide education for all students, they have special burdens (costs in free market terminology) that private schools do not bear. For the voucher market to be truly competitive, the government would have to pay subsidies to public schools for the special social burden they alone must bear, and provide lead time to make use of this subsidy...
Free market efficiency comparisons between vouchers and public schools are not valid. Since public schools must provide education for all students, they have special burdens (costs in free market terminology) that private schools do not bear. For the voucher market to be truly competitive, the government would have to pay subsidies to public schools for the special social burden they alone must bear, and provide lead time to make use of this subsidy...
Radcliffe becomes superfluous only when Harvard is adequately taking care of itself. And to be frank, I'm not convinced that time has yet arrived. Nevertheless, for reasons that will remain known only to a select few, Radcliffe is gone. So the burden of ensuring that Harvard becomes a more equal institution falls to Harvard itself. And from the final clubs to the top floor of University Hall, there is work to be done...
...House community beyond the confines of the blocking group. And while we understand the College and various masters' concern that students in large blocking groups neglect to take as active a role in House-specific activities as students from smaller groups, we feel that such integration is the burden of the House themselves and not of the students. Last week's announcement should not prompt the College to limit student liberty by curbing blocking group size. Instead, this statistical evidence proves to the House masters and tutors that their duty to involve students in House activities is greater than ever...