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...wrote then-Vice President for Government and Public Affairs John Shattuck in an e-mail to The Crimson. “Harvard’s commitment to need-blind admissions was on the line because of the threat of massive federal student aid cuts, research funding was in danger of being slashed, and academic freedom was threatened by the secrecy regulations coming out of Washington...
...thermonuclear weapons were generally tested in the open air, and that was subjecting everybody downwind from them to the danger of fallout,” he said. “And when I say downwind I mean high altitude winds that carry the cloud clear around the globe several times...
...State of the Union address, in the chamber of the House of Representatives, President George W. Bush said, "We are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom." He declared a war on terror...
...Robert F. Kennedy ’48 addressed a gathering of South African students struggling to end apartheid. “Like it or not,” he told them, “we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also more open to the creative energy of men than any other time in history.” This message is just as forceful and meaningful here today as it was in South Africa nearly a half-century ago, although now he would say women and men. That particular script, that...
Running onto the field of a major sporting event is a crime, and armed fans in the vicinity of players certainly pose a safety threat. However, in both recent cases, no players were in danger. The Phillies fan did not appear to be armed and simply ran circles in the outfield. In the golf incident, the man resisting arrest was clearly intoxicated while heckling players. Police should expect drunken people to act belligerently and yell at sports games and should not respond with excessive force, even at more restrained events like golf tournaments. In both cases, the fans could have...