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...pragmatic about policy goals. There's little demand from the Netroots for Democrats to support gay marriage, for example, even though 91% of the people who gave money to or worked on Dean's campaign back it, according to a 2005 Pew poll. "We're not asking anyone to commit political suicide," says Eli Pariser, executive director of MoveOn. If the Democrats win the House, it will be on the strength of moderate candidates in places like Indiana, many of whom don't support one of MoveOn's top priorities, a timetable for withdrawal of troops from Iraq...
...This is the first attempt [to establish a women’s center] where the administration and students have worked together over a considerable period of time to formulate a real vision and to commit some real resources,” Gross said at the open house yesterday...
...Murphy suspended Velissaris and Lane for the 2006 home opener against Holy Cross for exercising “poor judgment.” The night of the altercation, another Harvard football player was arrested in a separate incident. Sophomore Tom Rodger, an offensive lineman, was charged with intent to commit a felony and disorderly conduct when he allegedly reached into an unoccupied ambulance parked outside of Currier House. While the EMTs aided a sick student, Rodger allegedly stole a pair of rubber gloves. When a police officer and an EMT reemerged from Currier, Rodger withdrew from the ambulance and appeared...
...hours per week. While we understand the need for intensive training for our next generation of doctors, it shouldn’t be so intensive that they injure their patients, or themselves, in the process. We echo Landrigan’s suggestions that hospitals must commit more resources and energy to reducing the load on their first-year residents, and if hospitals are unable to comply with the ACGME’s rules, then Congressional intervention may be necessary at some future date...
After months of defiant protestations of innocence about his role in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal, Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, has pleaded guilty to making false statements, conspiracy to commit fraud and violating post-employment restrictions for former congressional aides. But the probe into the lobbying scandal is far from wrapped...