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...Shovel.”Renowned as an anti-Soviet hawk, Weinberger explained in his 2001 memoirs, “In the Arena: A Memoir of the 20th Century,” that he believed that the military buildup was consistent with his reluctance to commit forces abroad.“I did not arm to attack,” he wrote. “We armed so that we could negotiate from strength, defend freedom, and make war less likely.”Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61, who served as chairman of Reagan?...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Plympton St. to the Pentagon | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...deported. The OIG study found that only 3% of those seeking asylum who were ordered removed were ultimately located and deported. That pattern, like failed immigration-law enforcement across the board, bodes well for potential terrorists. In the 1990s, half a dozen aliens applied for asylum before committing terrorist acts. Among them: Ahmad Ajaj and Ramzi Yousef, who entered the country in 1991 and 1992, respectively, seeking asylum. According to the OIG, Ajaj left the U.S. and returned in 1992 with a phony passport. He was convicted of passport fraud. Yousef completed the required paperwork and was given a date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Illegal Aliens: Who Left the Door Open? | 3/30/2006 | See Source »

Perhaps the most alarming aspect of having 15 million illegals at large in society is Congress's failure to insist that federal agencies separate those who pose a threat from those who don't. The open borders, for example, allow illegals to come into the country, commit crimes and return home with little fear of arrest or punishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Illegal Aliens: Who Left the Door Open? | 3/30/2006 | See Source »

...more than 40 years, which are scheduled for June 18. And the repercussions of that campaign - which since last fall has caused around 1,200 deaths a day, mostly from war-related illnesses - are being felt thousands of miles away, as European governments debate how many troops to commit to the region before the election, and what their precise role should be. For villagers, the Katanga campaign has been calamitous. Flying low over Lake Upemba in northern Katanga in mid-March, hundreds of people could be seen encamped on slivers of dry land in the water, with dugout canoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starving In A Land Of Plenty | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

...Harvard. The admissions office told him that he’d be a great transfer student once he got readjusted to the pace of academic life.But a few months removed from the fateful day he received the rejection letter, Cheek contends that he doesn’t want to commit to anything too hastily.“To an extent, going to Harvard was a dream,” he explains. “But at this point, I don’t want to make that decision right now. If I do end up somewhere else...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GET A LODHA THIS: Turning Other Cheek to Harvard | 3/21/2006 | See Source »

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