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...seniors depart, Harvard can take comfort in the fact that the players who scored all 73 of the Crimson's points last night will be back next season. Penn, in contrast, will be losing its two leading scorers, Diana Caramanico and Erin Ladley. Next year's Ivy title is up for grabs, and the Crimson is poised to reclaim...
That's part of our message: that no nation or region can take comfort in the fact that they are prepared for this--even in the regions that are less affected, there will be a larger portion of the population than there is now vulnerable to these changes...
President Rudenstine has given his response to the recent controversy over grade inflation. To comfort his people, our wary President speaks only in conclusions. He does not set forth his own view; he does not descend to facts and figures. He does not say anything that might be divisive or insensitive--not even to me. There has been no grade inflation from white guilt: That is his judgment, and it is to be accepted. Also and by implication, there is no grade inflation about which we should be concerned. The facts that every fourth grade at Harvard is a straight...
...there is any comfort for Democrats, it is in their experience that when it comes to Bill Clinton, Republicans have never failed to overbid a good hand. The first evidence that this could be a replay of scandals past came when Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter raised the possibility of a postseason impeachment trial. And Indiana Congressman Dan Burton's committee, already on its second round of subpoenas, is the same crowd that got nowhere on Whitewater, Filegate, Travelgate and a raft of other Clinton scandals over the years. More ominous for Clinton is the inquiry that U.S. Attorney White announced...
...time for trips because of the constant interruptions. ("We're learning all the rules of the Senate," she explains, "and then those that apply to me.") One overeager fan even jumped the tracks for the underground congressional trolley to get a chance to meet her. That must be some comfort when Hillary sees her statewide approval numbers sliding down...