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Winter’s play helped Harvard build a 12-point halftime cushion. But in the second half, as UNH went even smaller, Harvard struggled more and more to handle the Wildcats’ outside shooting. It’s not asking too much to defend one or two outside threats at a given time; guarding against five perimeter players all at once is an entirely different matter. Last night, five different UNH players fired three or more trey attempts. Harvard struggled just to get a hand in their face and UNH ended up shooting 7-of-15 from behind...
...most tension-packed moment of Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week came, not surprisingly, when he was forced to defend the Bush Administration's embrace of military tribunals. How could the U.S. hold trials in which the judges are military officers, just a two-thirds vote is sufficient to convict, and there is no need for proof beyond a reasonable doubt? How could the Administration support legal proceedings that are held in secret--meaning a defendant can go from being charged to being put to death without the public ever finding...
...prevailing standards the CBS military drama JAG (Tuesdays, 8 p.m. E.T.) was about the least-cool hit show on TV. It lauded the men and women of the Judge Advocate General corps, who investigate, prosecute and defend cases affecting military conduct. The twist was--well, that there was no twist. On JAG, the government really was good, save for a few bad apples. There were no systemic conspiracies. It was made with the cooperation of the Navy and the Marines. Its heroes, Lieut. Commander Harmon (Harm) Rabb Jr. (David James Elliott) and Lieut. Colonel Sarah (Mac) MacKenzie (Catherine Bell), were...
...dialogue about its employment practices. In the same vein, what best characterized last spring’s ordeal for me was not the protest activity but the University’s continuing, indifferent response to the situation, the administration seeming as unwilling to examine its position as to defend it. It shouldn’t require 45 people risking arrest, academic failure and their health to make the University respond to substantive questions in a thoughtful and meaningful manner. As it was, the administration missed an ideal opportunity to steer Harvard to the moral high ground on an important issue...
...Laden has gravely underestimated the resolve of Americans to defend their liberty, whatever the price. And that makes more than 280 million reasons he can't win. JOHN F. CAMPBELL Los Angeles...