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...Given these depressing circumstances, why should the United States consider it a moral imperative to include collaborative counterterrorism and human-rights concerns as major tenets of its foreign policy? Or, to paraphrase the cynics, is the United States about to climb back up on its moral high horse? I sure hope so. Even if we’re judging by solely our own standards, after eight years of secrecy and lies, some integrity would nice. Let’s start by approaching the aftermath of Guantánamo in the right...
...Climb in, said the man. Zachery swallowed his misgivings, and away they went. They arrived at the test site with moments to spare. As Zachery bolted from the car, the man called out, with eerie conviction, "The job is yours." How did he know...
...single regular season, a Harvard squash player meets each equally seeded adversary from opposing teams only once. It is a fleeting opportunity to upset the competition and climb in the national rankings. If there’s a time for individual skills to be tested, rematches to be played, and grudges to be settled, it’s this weekend as members of the Crimson head to the 2009 Collegiate Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships.“You only get to play each team once during the regular season,” said junior No. 1 Colin West...
...single regular season, a Harvard squash player meets each equally seeded adversary from opposing teams only once. It is a fleeting opportunity to upset the competition and climb in the national rankings. If there’s a time for individual skills to be tested, rematches to be played, and grudges to be settled, it’s this weekend as members of the Crimson head to the 2009 Collegiate Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships.“You only get to play each team once during the regular season,” said junior No. 1 Colin West...
Backers of the current effort have been heartened by the apparent swell of interest in the idea, especially since a similar measure stalled in the Senate two years ago. And crucially, Obama supports the idea, unlike his predecessor. Yet the bill faces an uphill climb, even if it gets to the President's desk. Long legal challenges are a certainty, and many observers - including the respected Congressional Research Service - think the Supreme Court may consider the law an overreach. "Under that power, they could create 20 seats for military areas. Or they could give 10 seats to Puerto Rico," George...