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...That caution seems fitting for a relationship that while relatively warm, is being tested by a multitude of tricky issues. Atop Bush's agenda: the swelling U.S. trade deficit with China, which is more than $200 billion a year. Bush is expected to prod Hu to allow China's currency to rise, making U.S. goods cheaper, imports from China more expensive and the trade imbalance less lopsided...
...information is used sensibly. Collecting feedback about previous actions is a natural part of any review or strategy for improvement, and we welcome anything that will better inform admissions on what type of person is likely to contribute to the Harvard community. But this information must be used with caution. Proctors vary in quality and are being asked to pass on profoundly subjective reports on students’ progress. Comments that students are “self-centered,” for example, are probably not as helpful as concrete feedback about their involvement in campus activities. Information about said...
Although recent concert failures caution against declaring any concert a success prematurely, there is reason to believe that Yardfest will not go the way of Wyclef and Snoop Dogg. For starters, tickets are free. And if Busta Rhymes’ show nearly two years ago is any indication, undergraduates will be out in droves, making this a true community-building event instead of an expensive treat for Ben Folds fans...
...back of the room in high school and shot spitballs at the future politicians sitting up front. But their impact on politics has been perverse. Rather than make the game more interesting, they have drained a good deal of the life from our democracy. They have become specialists in caution, literal reactionaries-they react to the results of their polling and focus groups; they fear anything they haven't tested...
...construct a unified strategy worthy of them. It is time to send a signal to our nation, our forces and the world that we are uncompromising on our security but are prepared to rethink how we achieve it. It is time for senior military leaders to discard caution in expressing their views and ensure that the President hears them clearly. And that we won't be fooled again...