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Switching to a direct representation system in Cambridge would give students a more active role in city government. And it would give a Harvard undergraduate a realistic chance of being elected in the first place. For now, a Harvard student on a citywide ballot would face the near-impossible task of garnering support from outlying neighborhoods...
...Harvard had direct investments in the Sudanese government or in organizations with clear intentions to ensure the furthering of the genocide, I would agree with divestiture. But it is being unreasonable to demand that Harvard’s investors be responsible for money that is no longer theirs. Millions of dollars change hands across the globe every day. It is impossible for moral responsibility to keep pace...
...gave Democrats a lock on Congress for many decades. Bush's ownership society would embrace a new philosophy, shifting to working stiffs the responsibility for spending and investing wisely--and in the process fundamentally changing Americans' relationship with the government. They would own their own risk, essentially, with a direct stake in things like their retirement and health-care dollars. They would be able to watch benefits accrue, knowing the funds could never be snatched away as the result of a policy shift. Bush's Social Security reforms would cement this ownership society, with personal savings accounts, which would allow...
...more opera than rock. If audiences respond, Lloyd Webber says he will begin filming his considerable back catalog, starting with 1993's Sunset Boulevard. And if Phantom fails? The trend could dry up and blow away. So far, the omens haven't been good. Schumacher was set to direct Phantom in 1990, with the stage show's original stars Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, who was then married to Lloyd Webber. When they divorced, the film fell apart, and despite rumors casting various stars in the main roles - Antonio Banderas, John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Keira Knightly - Warner Bros., which held...
...season and their socially elite predecessors mingle for the first time, perhaps they will all notice—as indeed many on campus have—that they are perpetuating a culture long since condemned by the general public. More importantly, we hope they will realize that the most direct path to change is one they must take themselves...