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...taking the most pragmatic, sensible (and legal) steps it can to ensure that safety. On the other hand, Evans has made clear his priorities are to crack down on underage drinking. Unfortunately, these dual priorities do not always line up. If Harvard and BPD do not reach a consensus on the right approach, Harvard’s future in Allston will soon become vastly more complicated...
...kiss butt in the hopes of currying enough favor to make their grant processes run smoothly in the future. We are at Harvard, so tailgate behavior notwithstanding, I assume that we are pretty intelligent people. We should not have council presidents forced down our throats by some imaginary predetermined consensus. Candidates must be elected on the basis of how their ideas and personality could improve the life of Harvard students, period. That is why I believe that Moore-Nichols is the best choice for the council...
This is an eclectic smorgasbord of issues, to be sure. What connects them is a growing consensus in favor of personal autonomy in moral decisions, and a rejection of using government to enforce “traditional moral values.” In fact, if I were so reckless as to use the “L-word,” I might just call this a nation-wide, long-term shift in a socially liberal direction...
...unlikely to end the insurgency. If the projected Sunni boycott transpires and Shiite religious parties, as expected, dominate at the polls, the conflict may even widen and deepen following the election. The ability of the U.S. to achieve its goals in Iraq may come to depend on achieving a consensus with Iraq's neighbors, and other allies, over the country's immediate future. The neighbor with the greatest influence in Iraq will almost certainly be Iran, which has close ties with the full spectrum of the Shiite religious parties. The administration has taken important steps towards international and regional consensus...
...Translating the nominal consensus on Iraq recorded at Sharm el-Sheikh - support for the January elections, denunciation of terrorism - into the sort of active support that has made a relative success of a similar agreement (involving both the U.S. and Iran) on Afghanistan, however, will take time, and success may be linked with the Bush administration's handling of its two other regional priorities, Iran and Israel-Palestine...