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...Well, the sandwich position does command the respect of the Harvard community, but it’s lonely at the top. I hope I’ll someday be serving as webmaster@fas or keeping up with the demand of my.harvard.edu...
...turning down his offers to do fund raisers for them. Even the leadership's much vaunted discipline seems to be in tatters. Majority leader Boehner defended himself last week by attacking Hastert: "My position is, it's in his corner, it's his responsibility." And the third in command, whip Roy Blunt, suggested that things would have been different if he had been informed. Not incidentally, both men are expected to consider making a bid for the top job if Hastert ultimately steps down--and maybe if he doesn't. But by then the job description may be House minority...
...Author Bob Woodward has now written a third book about the President and the war in Iraq. The first two books said Bush was firmly in command of a well-run team, but this book says there was a lot of confusion and bickering. So here's my question: Shouldn't we be able to get our money back on the first two books?" JAY LENO...
...with Lisa R. Danielson and William L. Sefanov who were married at the 2001 complexity-themed Ig Nobels. With annual traditions like the launching of paper airplanes constructed from science homework and ceremony programs, the Ig Nobels work to emphasize the lighter side of science. While they may not command the clout of the real Nobel Prizes, they have come to play an important role in the scientific community. “I think the Ig Nobels are a really fun, exciting way to bring the physics community together with rest of the science community,” said Limor...
...Hafrey ’73 says that “for most Mather residents the exhibitions are simply there. You travel through them on the way to get your meals.” But even if Sullivan’s photographs aren’t exactly confrontational, they command more than a passing glance. Sullivan sees his work as a unique, truthful examination of the Irish landscape. “Let’s see the land for what it really is,” he says. “It’s haunting, it’s beautiful...