Word: controll
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...Rather than discouraging Harvard students from military service because of a law they have no control over, Harvard should be working to foster a return to the spirit of service that once defined its graduates. If the university truly believes Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is “deeply wrong,” then it is free to lobby Congress and the president. It is free to encourage its professors to speak out. It is even free to reject all federal funding in the name of a higher principle...
...matter what specific policies are crafted, the major theme should be this: Although the military may have to be used to control the spread of violence, this only attacks symptoms of the problem, not the source. Ultimately, nothing will address war like the ones in Mexico if it does not curb U.S. and European demand. We need to start treating international drug trafficking as a common public health problem rather than just a security issue...
...internationally interconnected problems thoroughly. Legalization in the U.S., Canada, or more European countries will exacerbate the violence if the same drugs are not legalized in Mexico. Demand would boom, and the competition to supply the product would intensify. Cartels would fight the government and each other even more to control precious supply lanes through borders...
...nations. But, when it comes to protecting its citizens, America needs to make decisions that reflect its own interests, and such is the case with the Mexican violence. Collaboration with Mexico in making decisions and determining how to deploy troops is undoubtedly advantageous, but Mexican opposition to increased border control is no reason to sacrifice the immediate safety of the American populace. Americans need to support the Mexican government’s long-term efforts to limit violence without sacrificing their own interests and ideals in the process...
...Harvard baseball team heads down to Providence to play a four-game weekend set against Brown, the squad knows that it controls its own destiny—just barely that is.The Crimson (10-22, 8-4 Ivy) currently sits three games behind first-place Dartmouth in the Ivy’s Rolfe Division, with the team desperately trying to make up the ground in the two remaining weeks of the season.What makes this weekend so intense? The Bears (14-15, 8-4) are in the same position.Harvard and Brown are knotted at second in the standings, and each team knows...