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...Much of the new program’s success will depend on whether the committee is able to “hold their nerve” and reject proposals that do not fit the criteria, Simpson said. In doing so, it will preserve the desired differences between Gen Ed and the Core...
...hockey team, the secret to success was simple—team comes first.“We had talented players, there’s no doubt about that, but we’re not superstars,” tri-captain Caitlin Cahow said. “We depend on teamwork. We don’t win any games without it.”That mantra carried the Crimson through a fairytale season in which the team brought the Beanpot, Ivy League, and ECAC regular season and tournament titles back to Cambridge.Harvard started out the season with 11 straight wins, tying...
...will the federal courts view these cases? That will likely depend on where they are, and who is doing the deciding. But such split decisions are a classic recipe for intervention by the Supreme Court. The justices' conservative bent might spell trouble for gay plaintiffs, but the court's most recent decisions on gay rights have been mixed, and the presidential election could have an impact who will be beneath the robes by the times the cases are heard...
...pictures of Premier Wen in the stricken region," wrote a poster in a typical comment. "I feel very safe to have a wonderful leader like this." The praise will reassure the party hierarchy. Having long since discarded their Marxist-Leninist ideology, China's leaders are increasingly dependent on the approval of the public for their legitimacy; the survival of the party may ultimately depend on its handling of crises...
...current late-night satirists, however, owe less to Carson than to other groundbreaking stand-ups of the '70s, like Robert Klein. In his sharp routines on Watergate and other Nixon-era outrages, Klein didn't depend on cool, Carson-style one-liners. He re-created the offending scenes and characters and skewered them with parody, sarcasm and ironic hyperbole. It was a more subversive and conspiratorial form of satire, luring the audience into the comedian's world view, carried along by attitude, not jokes...