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...terms to representatives of the company and the White House late Friday. Neither has formally responded but both seemed interested in the idea, according to a Senate Republican aide. "This avoids a direct clash," the aide said. "It solves everyone's problem. The President doesn't have to cancel the deal or veto anything...
McLoughlin is quick to point out, however, that there will be a lot more to Hilles’ sound proofing than clapboard and paint. Sound-absorbing material in the walls and carpeted flooring will dampen normal conversation, he says, and white noise generators should cancel out the din of Salient editorial meetings. I expect that if one were to shout at the top of his lungs he would be overheard, but for the most part, organizations’ conversations will be confidential...
When asked why Summers did not cancel his appointment with The Crimson’s editorial board farther in advance, Longbrake said that the president was not at fault...
...Nor’easter brought over six inches of snow to New England this past weekend, closing several east coast airports and causing over three hundred and thirty Massachusetts schools to cancel. Nevertheless, on Monday morning, Harvard students trekked through the snow to class. Blizzards may have granted Harvard students a chance to sled on dining hall trays or to construct giant snow phalluses, but hardly ever will a snowstorm relieve undergraduates from classes. The official FAS “inclement weather” policy states that since most of Harvard’s student body and faculty live...
...July 8, the leaders agreed to cancel the debt of the 18 poorest African countries and to increase aid by $50 billion by 2010. But some activists say it's not nearly enough. Dr. Kumi Naidoo, the South African who chaired Make Poverty History's international umbrella, felt that Geldof--who called the debt deal a "10 out of 10"--was too exuberant and pointed out that all the deal meant was that 50,000, the number of people dying unnecessarily each day, would drop to 37,000. Naidoo's skepticism underlines the limits of Bono's approach: all that...