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...Lamont Library has probably done more to change the day-to-day structure of student life than all of the policy changes in the last five years combined. Simple, obvious improvements in commonly used spaces can have a broad effect on the many everyday activities whose patterns depend on these spaces...
...demand, opening the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to deal with the shortfall in supply, and working with allies to coordinate a strategic response to the global oil crisis. In an interview after the event, Summers expressed his view that a long-term solution to U.S. reliance on oil would depend on prices, and that higher prices would induce greater economic efficiency. “A crisis like this one provides government with the energy to get things done,” Summers said, “but looking for long-term solutions within 24 hours after a terrorist attack...
...about the sexual orientation of the doctor.” A political candidate—regardless of sexual orientation—should run on competence, intelligence, and honesty, she said. While Korman encouraged candidates to be up-front about their sexual orientation, she said a politician should not depend on this facet alone. “You don’t hide who you are, but you don’t run on that,” Korman said. However, Jarrett T. Barrios ’90, a former Massachusetts senator and representative who is gay, said an LGBT candidate...
...Piette told the Globe that talks have included a possible land swap during which WBZ would be relocated to other land that Harvard owns. Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) spokeswoman Jessica Shumaker said that the city is not opposed to a possible deal at this point, although its approval would depend on Harvard’s plans for the land. “If Harvard has institutional uses for the property, they would have to vet it through the community and task force first,” Shumaker said. Harvard Allston Task Force Chairman Ray Mellone also said that...
...problem with all of these measures was that they continued to depend on interpretation by Bush Administration lawyers, who continue to be both secretive and evasive of congressional intent. As recently as February 6, the day after the Super Tuesday primary, a White House spokesman refused to rule out the future use of waterboarding as a technique for high-value detainees. The Attorney General has also declined to say that the technique, or other extreme techniques, are outlawed. On March 8, Bush vetoed the latest congressional attempt to force the CIA to adhere to the Army Field Manual, a rule...