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...stalemate—an insurmountable impasse in which my opponent simply can’t conceive of the idea that some impoverished people really can’t break “the cycle.” How could it be, after all, when you can cite the countless instances of immigrant populations that have thrived due to hard work and determination? They spout off inspirational anecdotes of underprivileged students who “made it to Harvard” and tell stories of their once-destitute parents who made it big because of their entrepreneurial or otherwise outstanding abilities...
Human-rights advocates say the lesson from last week is that degrading or cruel treatment is never O.K., not even if thousands of lives are at stake. Says Kenneth Roth, head of Human Rights Watch and a former federal prosecutor: "Proponents of torture always cite the ticking-bomb scenario. The problem is that the situation is infinitely elastic. You start by applying it to a terrorist suspect, and soon you're applying it to his next-door neighbor who perhaps might know something." --With reporting by Timothy J. Burger, Massimo Calabresi, Michael Duffy, Viveca Novak, Elaine Shannon and Douglas Waller/Washington...
...Harvard community, though progressive in many aspects, has not yet accepted those who, like Dartboard, have made the choice to openly embrace their love for Red Bull. Dartboard still gets stares and snickers when he goes to CVS to pick up his weekly supply of sugar-free. Concerned friends cite vague “statistics,” which “prove” that Red Bull...
Currently, fewer than 500 of the 6,400 undergraduates at Harvard are international students. This number is unacceptable if the University claims commitment to exposing undergraduates to a wide variety of lifestyles and cultures. As many students cite their interactions with their peers as the key formative experience during their four years on campus, the potential decision to increase the international population seems incredibly straightforward...
...Afghanistan and Iraq. But nothing has made al-Jazeera so famous as the journalistic hospitality it has extended to Osama bin Laden through the al-Qaeda leader's interviews and doomsday warnings. The company's executives say that bin Laden's words are genuine scoops and, defending their professionalism, cite the network's battle scars--its offices in Kabul and Baghdad came under fire from U.S. forces...