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...only two Harvard classes ever to win four in a row against Yale—the other two won national championships—shouldn’t Fitzpatrick and his mates have a chance to win some kind of a national championship, no matter how insignificant the Ivy presidents deem...
...barrage of abuse from the very people who condemned us to this shame: Republicans. Kerry’s loss has damaged my ego more than anything else because at least once a day there’s the chance that some snide conservative might strike, belittling me as they deem me a “whiner” because my candidate didn’t get elected...
...brand of writing, then, springs from both a natural personal interest in the unfamiliar and a desire to open new worlds for readers. “As a writer, you’re always making choices, and the very first choice you make is what you deem worth writing about,” Orlean commented...
Furthermore, we deem the administration’s efforts to solicit input from students inadequate. Although we appreciate the work that has been done thus far—student representation on select committees, a handful of open discussion sessions, accepting e-mail feedback and surveying students on their broad opinions—the level of student engagement in the process has been undeniably insufficient. Of course, this lackluster response does not come as a surprise, considering that the substantive parts of the review happen behind closed doors. We are confident that if the review committees were to release public notes...
...link the disparate populations of jaguars. It would extend from Mexico through Central America to northern Argentina. Jaguars have lost half their habitat in the past century, and much that remains has been fragmented by logging and ranching. Experts have identified 51 conservation areas in 16 countries that they deem essential for the long-term survival of the largest American cat. One potential break in the corridor--the Panama Canal--turned out to be no problem at all: paw marks showed that jaguars can swim across the canal in both directions...