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...Others, however, strongly support Hume’s greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before the horse in either case, merely a problem of which came first, the chicken or the egg. In any case, there is much to be said on both sides...
...first frame.“It takes the life right out of these guys, no matter what sport, if you fall behind early,” senior co-captain Jimmy Fraser said. “It’s tough to come back, and unfortunately that was the case again tonight.”On the other hand, when Harvard has led at the first intermission—for example, against Clarkson, RPI, and Quebec-Trois-Rivieres this season—it has gone on to win the contest.ANOTHER PLAY BITES THE DUSTAfter a lackluster start, the Crimson seemed poised...
...Harvard College Dean of Admissions William Fitzsimmons, who endorsed the new policy when he told the New York Times, “Score Choice will help defuse some of the pressure and give students a sense that not everything is riding on the tests, which really is the case.” Fitzsimmons is right that students should not feel as though their entire college application revolves around how they performed on the SAT—but this is precisely why Score Choice is problematic...
...former Bountiful "celestial wife" Debbie Palmer, polygamy as it is practiced at Bountiful can encourage and has encouraged unions involving underage girls. Perrin says that in researching Keep Sweet, he unearthed allegations of sexual abuse of minors, which he argues should be the foundation of the government's case against Bountiful's leaders (as it was in the successful prosecution of Jeffs in the U.S. after the prosecutors decided to eschew polygamy charges). "There has been a lot of water under the bridge, and a lot of lives ruined," Perrin told TIME of the government's inability to deal conclusively...
...absence of plaintiffs or cooperative witnesses, charges of sexual abuse are unlikely to stick. But Eckersley is no more hopeful at the prospect of a successful polygamy prosecution, saying, "There is a strong sense in the legal community this law won't stand up in court." The case is likely to languish in the legal system for years, allowing Bountiful and its way of life to live on. For Bountiful's defenders, this reality is a blessing from an approving God. But for critics who see this way of life as a mill of sexual abuse, it is a tragedy...