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...When he chaired the panel, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch tried to speed up hearings for Bush judicial nominees so Democrats wouldn't have time to collect damaging information on them and mount a counter-offensive. Leahy, who now controls the schedule, will slow it down so Democratic staffers can stockpile more ammunition on conservative nominees before their hearings. Some of Bush's picks who may be targeted...
When he arrived last year, Mazzoleni was all business. He immediately went to work installing a counter-attacking style of play that could produce some exciting contests. The change in level of expectation was evident in the schedule he put together as well-he replaced the game against Umass-Amherst with a game at UNH. Next year, Harvard will be playing at Michigan. He expects that the team can at least challenge the big boys now, and the learning process will ultimately produce a squad that will consistently beat the nation's best...
...attempt to help the campus sort out some of the contentious issues raised by the Mansfield, Horowitz and "Invasian" controversies, Dean Harry Lewis worked with S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, to organize a panel discussion, entitled "Free Speech & Responsible Journalism in the Academic Community...
...while the two groups did not directly interact during the simultaneous events, HSI members say they had been weary of the SAS event beforehand, which they felt was a "definitely a counter protest...
...Despite the administration’s refusal to negotiate, the sit-in gained momentum, gathering endorsements from local politicians and even sparking a “counter-protest” from first-years living above the protesters in Mass. Hall and in surrounding Yard dorms...