Word: connorism
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After rejecting every name that Solomon & Co. proposed, Baker and Hamilton were left to choose their own panelists, and the commission went to work, gathering evidence, making a trip to Baghdad and hearing from more than 100 experts. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor developed a reputation for asking the best questions. Democratic power broker Vernon Jordan emerged as the group's political sage. Former Bill Clinton Defense chief William Perry cornered the military options--and would be a holdout on the final deal. In October, as the number of casualties in Iraq exploded, public support for Bush...
Last year you compared George W. Bush with Bull Connor, the civil rights-era police chief whose name is synonymous with racism. Do you regret that? I have not chosen my words as carefully as I would want. It was my hope that, as Connor's act awakened Americans to racist policies that existed in the South, [after] the apparent lack of concern with Katrina, Americans would look at the question of poverty. I have been terribly disappointed...
Captain Bode Ogunwole, fresh off his 3-2 sudden victory over No. 4 Spencer Nadolsky in the NWCA All-Star Classic on Monday in Dallas, led Harvard with a first-place finish at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday night. Unranked freshman J. P. O’Connor also advanced to the finals, marking the first time in its history that the Crimson had two wrestlers competing in first-place bouts. Harvard finished in seventh place overall with 70 points, while No. 2 Missouri won the meet with 157 points. “I’m better...
...finishers in a number of events. Freshman Alexandra Clarke finished No. 11 in the 500-yard freestyle and No. 16 in the 200-yard freestyle. In the 400-yard medley relay, Clarke helped her team of juniors Lindsay Hart, Jackie Pangilinan, and Bridget O’Connor to a No. 9 finish. In the last event of Day Two, she was part of another ninth place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay with a team of Hart, senior Emily Wilson and freshman Sophie Morgan. Hart helped another relay team to a solid finish and two other top Harvard finishes...
...decision pretty much depends on Justice Kennedy, much like it relied on [Justice] O’Connor before” in the University of Michigan decision, said Gary Orfield, a Graduate School of Education (GSE) professor and director of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard...