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...that context, the Kremlin is almost certainly helped more than hurt by Muratov and his eager, angry young journalists. There is no better way to defend against charges of repression than to point to a fully functioning newspaper that never has anything good to say about you. Says Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov: "When people say Russia has no free media, they totally forget about the existence of Novaya Gazeta. Certainly, this paper is quite liberal, very frequently opposing the official point of view ... We can't always agree with what is being published, but this is a normal relationship between...
...Diane Spurr. “There are people who can’t afford to buy things new, and we have a lot of really good, nice quality stuff.” Although the shop has been around for decades, the word is just now spreading among Harvard students eager to enhance their wardrobes without emptying their wallets. Sam Teller ’08-’09 considers himself a CCTS convert, having recently made his first purchase: a rain jacket and tie for just $10. “Why spend $40 for a sweatshirt at American Apparel when...
...changes more drastic or more game-altering than moving from indoor to outdoor courts. Thus, the Harvard men’s tennis team (5-4) knew it faced a challenge when it stepped onto the courts of No. 60 Clemson under sunny skies yesterday. But the 48th-ranked Crimson, eager to bounce back after two consecutive losses in the last week, dug in and overcame the challenge, beating the Tigers 4-3 thanks to gutsy performances by two freshmen at the bottom of its lineup.“Going outdoors, you can spot a team 20 ranking places, so this...
...Larry Craig was positively marooned by his Republican Party—presumably because its members find cloacal homosexual activity abominable—while his Louisiana counterpart David Vitter emerged unscathed from an encounter with the “D.C. Madam”. One suspects the Senate was less than eager to get to the bottom of that...
...Poling case is also causing deep concern among public health officials, eager to reassure parents that vaccines are safe and, indeed, hugely beneficial. In a public statement on Friday, Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), insisted that "the government has made absolutely no statement about indicating that vaccines are the cause of autism, as this would be a complete mischaracterization of any of the science that we have at our disposal today...