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...interview at his Mass. Hall office yesterday afternoon, Summers said, “I did not mean for a moment to diminish the severity or ferocity of the widespread violence that claimed very many [Native American] lives...
This is not to diminish the triumph of student activists, who likely had a major impact on the CCSR’s decision. In November, then-HMC President Jack R. Meyer said to The Crimson that “divestment is not an effective way to make social change” and argued that such an action would only eliminate jobs for the Sudanese people. It is safe to assume that no such statements will be uttered by anyone at the HMC anytime soon. This culture change among Harvard’s financial managers will ensure that they will think...
...head injury, which is why in those cases, doctors usually wait at least a year before concluding that the patient is permanently vegetative. When the condition is triggered by a prolonged lack of oxygen to the brain, as was true for Schiavo, the chances of any kind of recovery diminish rapidly after three months...
...owner, president, and CEO of Enpro Services, Inc., an environmental contracting company, Irving had been a Big Red goaltender until his 1985 graduation. Nearly two decades away from Ithaca had done little to diminish his loyalty...
...already declined due to the presence of testing. Furthermore, baseball significantly beefed up its policy this off-season, adding penalties for positive tests, starting with 10-day suspensions for a first offense. The threat of a suspension, and the public ignominy that would necessarily accompany it, will undoubtedly further diminish the minimal percentage of tests that were returned positive last year...