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...longer winter break and causing the removal, shortening, or at least restructuring of Reading Period and Intersession. I come before you today as a dissenting opinion, someone who thinks we are all too quick to dismiss the unique benefits, tangible and intangible, that our current exam schedule offers us.People complain that our Christmas break is shorter than other schools’, and perhaps it is if looked at only as a “Christmas” break. But consider the span of time from the first day of vacation (Dec. 21) to the first day of spring classes...
...thing, a signal of something positive. The campus is engaged in its politics, is invested in the institution of student government, and is inculcated with some level of civic virtue (or maybe healthy self-interest) that could easily translate into political engagement outside of the Harvard bubble. Nothing to complain about here; end of editorial...
...they're out of the succession loop and out of the policy loop." With Zuma gone and the left in disarray, President Mbeki will find it easier to push through reforms aimed at nudging economic growth above 6%-in particular, a relaxing of labor laws that employers complain make hiring and firing people too expensive. Zuma's demise also clears the way for Mbeki prot?g? Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, appointed by Mbeki to replace Zuma, to sell herself as the new president-in-waiting. "It's an opportunity for her to show South Africans she's a good bet," says Gumede...
...certain where this fascination with white skin originated. Thakur and Goenka point to pale-faced conquerors from Britain and central Asia who forcefully instilled a reverence for whiteness. Cultural conservatives complain Hollywood is pushing aside Indian heroes in favor of Westerners all too ready to display their pale flesh. Some sociologists argue that in a country where most people still farm, dark skin is associated with lowly labor in the outdoors...
...speech in Washington onNov. 10, McCain countered those calling for a pullout, saying, "Instead of drawing down, we should be ramping up." He wants the military to add 10,000 more troops. Lower-level officers on the ground in Iraq tend to agree with the Senator; many complain that there are not enough forces to hold the territory that has been won from insurgents. But many commanders, including Army General John Abizaid, head of Central Command, argue that more U.S. troops would just mean more targets for insurgents. And some defense analysts contend that the war has so strained...