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...relatively low-key British response thus far resonates with the fact that London, unlike Washington, has ruled out the option of military action for dealing with Iran's nuclear program. By contrast, if the Iranians had captured U.S. personnel, it's not hard to imagine (particularly given the legacy of the 1979 hostage crisis) that the crisis would have an altogether more cataclysmic ring; indeed, a senior U.S. commander working alongside the British forces in the region told a British newspaper that U.S. troops caught in a similar situation would not have surrendered to the Iranians without a fight...
...reforms.“If they only did it because somebody beat them over the head—assuming you could ever make them do it by that way anyway, which is very doubtful—you wouldn’t gain anything,” Bok said.By contrast, Summers resigned from a general education committee after clashing with faculty members that believed he was too aggressive in his approach to pushing reforms.Mendelsohn said he was impressed with the way Bok listened to professors throughout the process, saying that professors “were not being pushed or herded...
...Nation's Dreams In contrast to the wonderful design on the March 5 cover - which was an artistic masterpiece - the story on Ghana's 50 years of independence was disappointing. You underplayed the role that foreign powers have played in tampering with the development of the young and promising country, and you didn't emphasize enough Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah's vibrant efforts to raise Ghana and all of sub-Saharan Africa to the same level as the so-called developed countries. Kwesi Dei-Anang, MAINZ, GERMANY...
...second win in a row for the Crimson (9-5, 5-5 EIVA), a team that has played well of late—in sharp contrast with the four-game losing streak that marked the end of last year’s campaign. With the win, Harvard also wrapped up play in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA...
...contrast, Bush's predecessor, Bill Clinton, was far more aggressive in asserting the privilege, according to Rozell. Most of the claims came in the President's battles with special prosecutor Kenneth Starr over disclosure of information about Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton generally lost those battles before the U.S. district court in Washington...