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...When I heard that Scott was leaving and Erik was replacing him, I was very excited,” said junior Robbie Burmeister, Harvard’s goaltender. “I felt that after last year, we needed a fresh start and an opportunity to wipe the slate clean as a team...
...legal analyst Jeffrey R. Toobin ’82 says highlighting a defendant’s clean record is standard procedure, but the Harvard connection complicates matters...
...have to tell the jury that this kid has had a clean record and seems to be a good person,” Toobin says. “They have to do it in a way that makes his client seem humble and wise, not arrogant...
...Wednesday of convention week, my friends and I stumbled upon an RNC photo-op at a small park in Chinatown. Republican delegates were working alongside local residents to “clean up” the park, which had been closed temporarily in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 tragedy. They were almost outnumbered by members of the media eager to photograph and report on the morning’s pseudo-event. The “clean up,” as far as we could observe, was a farce, consisting mostly of sweeping and raking the handful of leaves...
Still, as part of the G.O.P.’s efforts to showcase their compassionate side, it was a useful spectacle. No matter how silly and insincere it appeared, the photo-op also effectively combined message propagation with real action. Sure, the usefulness of the “clean-up” was probably miniscule, but ultimately there was some positive action at its core. They were helping to clean up a park. And that was more than we could say about ourselves as protesters...