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...however, that the crusaders spoiled such a valuable opportunity to really tackle Buchanan's message. As much as we would like to dismiss Buchanan as a stone-age bigot and group him alongside David Duke, such a characterization is not entirely accurate. Buchanan has somehow managed to avoid the oblivion of the fringe. For starters, his philosophy of "economic patriotism" is based on ideas that are popular across the political spectrum. On issues such as free-trade and globalization, Harvard students should keep in mind that in addition to millions of blue-collar workers, Buchanan can claim the sympathies...
...academic nonsense we can dismiss as an unfortunate extension of a University bureaucracy that requires a steady diet of paper munchies. And as annoying as they may be, applications are a universal part of obtaining employment. But what doesn't make sense is the way that students on this campus dream up convoluted application processes for extracurricular organizations and then shove them down their peers' throats. Equally mystifying is the reason why the members of the student body not already a part of these 'in' groups are so eager to participate in what one Crimson columnist has called an "illusion...
...create websites, post ads in the local college press, employ students to hand out pamphlets outside our classrooms and visit greek houses to market products. Companies give out freebies and hold contests that offer lucrative prizes. Marketing techniques and the quest for profit have even lead these companies to dismiss professors' complaints and make misleading and false statements in the press, claiming support from professors and students...
Hockey is a game of aggressive body checks, tough physical confrontation and exciting competition. Feel free to dismiss the criminal aspect of McSorley's brutal, cowardly act, but please leave Canada and its national pastime...
...helping the son, isn't the campaign at some level a crusade to redeem the dad, right a big wrong and in the process exceed every expectation--and then some? Ask old Bush hands about how much of this race is about that race, and most dismiss it out of hand, even though nearly all of them will admit to you that's why they are back in the fight. Only two or three will even talk about George W.'s complex motivation, and those who do choose their words carefully. "Look," says a Bush confidant, "somebody once said that...