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...been widely blamed for mistakes made during the war. The commission also took Halutz to task for how he dealt with Israel’s civilian political leaders, to whom he served as the top military adviser. “[The chief of staff] did not alert the political echelon to the serious shortcomings in the preparedness and the fitness of the armed forces for an extensive ground operation,” the report continues. “[His] responsibility is aggravated by the fact that he knew well that both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense lacked...
...other programs devote more and more resources to the increasingly frenzied recruiting circuit, the two stalwarts no longer have a monopoly on the upper echelon of the Ivy-bound crop. Rosters are growing in depth, and young talent has diffused throughout the league...
...junior professors stems from systemic flaws, most of Harvard’s problems arise from a misguided institutional attitude towards junior faculty. Other schools also use committees of outside experts in the tenure process but do not have Harvard’s notorious reputation. Harvard’s upper echelon of professors and administrators must make a conscious effort to put a greater weight on teaching ability and to consciously reach out to junior faculty.There is also the simple problem of space. There are a limited number of tenured professorships, many of which are held by aging faculty who remain...
...different rivers, against two different opponents, the two Radcliffe crews raced two decidedly different regattas on Saturday. For the heavyweights, Saturday’s race against Ivy rivals Cornell and No. 6 Princeton resulted in a convincing and telling victory, returning the squad to the top echelon of women’s heavyweight crew. For the lightweights, the weekend was a disappointment on some levels, as the crew only found success in the novice eight division. But in taking on the heavyweight teams from Bucknell, Rhode Island, and Boston College, the weekend’s race only served...
...laughing before we go on faceoffs because we know it’s going to be a hard one,” says Harbec, the star center for St. Lawrence. Harbec and Chu—Harvard’s center and co-captain—represent the upper echelon of women’s college hockey players. They are the two top scorers in the ECAC, with Harbec tallying 67 points this season and Chu right behind her with 66. Besides the nearly identical point totals, the two share striking similarities when it comes to their styles of play. Standing...