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...civilian nuclear technology. Those countries agreed to a pact and have reaped the benefits of their decisions for the last several decades. Given that the last thirty-six years have witnessed the end of the Cold War, the fall of the Soviet Union, and a marked growth spurt in eastern economies, it is entirely reasonable for the U.S. and other powers to now reconsider nuclear policies laid out in the late...
...left opposition, some of it anti--American, some of it anti-patriotic, some of it having to do with the military. In other words, I think it was political, not religious. [There] is a very sharp distinction.”Summers’ opponents agree. Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Avi Matalon, who called Summers’ 2002 divestment remarks “outrageous and false,” says he believes “racial hatred of the Jews” was not a factor in the controversy. Summers has denied having experienced racial or religious...
...acquisition is emblematic of a Middle Eastern merchant state on the rise, one that aspires to be much more than an amusement park for jet-setters. Run since 1995 by a press-shy crown prince, Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who became emir this year (Sheik Mo, to finance types), Dubai has established a network of holding companies, funds and corporations with more than $15 billion in overseas investments and a domestic goal of turning Dubai into a hub for everything from financial services to biotechnology. Call it Dubai Inc., a conglomerate with Sheik...
Three Crimson swimmers received the league’s top individual honors at this weekend’s Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Championships in East Meadow, N.Y., but troubles with its depth led the Crimson to a second-place finish behind Princeton.With Cornell’s Michael Smit, sophomore Geoff Rathgeber and senior David Cromwell shared the Moriarty Award, the prize given to the top individual swimmer. Cromwell won three individual and three relay events in the last EISL Championships of his career, setting records in the 100-yard backstroke, the 200-yard backstroke, and the 200-yard medley relay...
...strong showing by the Harvard wrestling team this weekend at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships in Bethlehem, Pa. was an encouraging sign for the Crimson as it prepared for the NCAA Championships in two weeks.On Sunday, junior tri-captain Bode Ogunwole and freshman Andrew Flanagan both finished first in their weight classes—the latter in a bizarre sequence in the finals—while junior tri-captain Max Meltzer and junior Robbie Preston both finished second after losing in the finals.After Saturday’s competition, all four wrestlers clinched berths in the NCAA Championships, which...