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...authors anticipated criticism. But even Kennedy School of Government Academic Dean Stephen M. Walt and University of Chicago professor John J. Mearsheimer could not have predicted the transatlantic storm that their paper unleashed.Writing about the role of Israel supporters in formulating American foreign policy, Walt and Mearsheimer now famously claimed that the U.S. is acting against its own interests in the Middle East because of the powerful “Israel Lobby.” “[No] lobby has managed to divert U.S. foreign policy as far from what the American national interest would otherwise suggest...
...addition to curricular flaws, the Faculty also continued to largely ignore inadequacies in undergraduate teaching this year—problems that, in many ways, are more pervasive and longstanding than those of the curriculum itself. The defects of teaching at Harvard College are well known, and we do not claim that the complete solution will be easy to find. Two sensible and practical improvements were suggested this year, however, that the Faculty failed to implement: first, to waive the unreasonable three-year limit for lecturers who are effective teachers, and second, to require all professors to distribute Committee on Undergraduate...
...still ripe for revision—the true test for the Summers legacy becomes whether his vision outlasts his five years, whether his ideas prevail. Should Summers’ dismissal mark an about-face for a university in dire need of a new path to march along, as some claim, then Summers’ presidency will be viewed as an aberration, diverting an institution steeped in tradition from its natural course. Summers will have proved to be unready for Harvard. Should, however, this University continue along the trajectory along which Summers catapulted it in his brief time here, then...
...Connecticut and a stadium without lights, the possibility that the game would be called due to darkness was almost fitting.Almost fitting for a game with nine turnovers—four during the extra frames—an 18-point second-half comeback, and ample opportunities for each team to claim victory.Almost. But considering Harvard’s resiliency—from sophomore Steve Williams’ 18-yard interception return for a touchdown to sophomore quarterback Liam O’Hagan’s 22-yard touchdown strike to freshman Alex Breaux to junior defensive tackle Mike Berg?...
...answer, perhaps, is that Abbas believes that adopting the prisoners' plan will negate Israel's claim that it has no Palestinian negotiating partner, making it more difficult for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to move ahead with plans to unilaterally redraw Israel's borders. But there's clearly a domestic political agenda, too: The grassroots-level Fatah warlords on whose support Abbas is increasingly dependent have, ever since they lost the January election to Hamas, agitated for an aggressive strategy to topple the new government...