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...Darfur. On the contrary, we very much do—so much so that when something that will have only a feel-good effect like divestment comes along, we have a moral obligation to point out that it will, in no way, stop the genocide and will only divert attention from remedies that can work. Kwong’s decision to sign the HRC up as a nominal sponsor to the divestment campaign only undermines HRC’s credibility and takes away from what could be a larger, more intelligent advocacy role. In a place like Harvard, which...
...Ajay Kumar ’08 and Cabot House, Mather House HoCo leaders accused Lowell of absconding with the cup. “Afraid of Mather, Lowell has taken the Green Cup and attempted to blame it on Mather...They hope they can get an ally in Cabot and divert the attention of a focused Mather,” HoCo Co-Chairs Nitesh Banta ’08 and David J. Lokshin ’08 wrote. “If you want to find your Green Cup just follow the distinct and raunchy odor that we have come...
...Give me your hand / And let’s jump out the window.” It’s hard to say if The Shins are trying to make a point with all of these contradictions, but who cares? The video provides enough standard indie bliss to divert our attention from the song’s murky subject matter...
...Nine churches in all would be torched in rural Alabama: five near Birmingham and four near the Mississippi line. The first five were burned on one night and four nights later Cloyd and Moseley set fire to four more churches to divert law enforcement. Two firefighters were injured battling the blazes. The young men were found after a massive manhunt tracked a mysterious SUV that left tracks from Cloyd?s specially purchased off-road tires. U.S. District Judge David Proctor sentenced Cloyd and Moseley to eight years and 11 months; DeBusk got seven years. The trio have been ordered...
...called for New England and New York to secede. He admitted this would cause "civil war. And what of it?" New England Federalists tried a moderate-seeming two-step. Delegates from five states met in Hartford, Conn., in December 1814 for a three-week-long convention. They wanted to divert federal tax revenue to their states for self-defense and have the central government recognize state laws shielding their citizens from conscription--in effect, giving New England its own military and foreign policy. If Madison balked at these modest proposals, they said, then another convention "must act as such urgent...