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Harvard, Reardon said, had solicited 649 of these gifts in the first three years of the fundraising effort. Out of this number of targets, he added, 634 have given “something significant”—all combined to the tune of $135 million, more than one-third the Campaign’s goal...
...Harvard. Especially if it is going to make the argument, as officials have, that a new infusion of capital is necessary for Harvard to retain its leadership in American education. Harvard can’t make other schools raise more money, but it can make more of an active effort to help out struggling schools on all levels with non-financial resources. More programs are needed like the plans presently forming to have Harvard help retrain Cambridge public school teachers...
...increase, that the average predicted Rank List of those admitted will be improved. This definite, numerical description provides the easiest way to choose among applicants. In addition, it is understandable that the faculty should want only academically oriented students admitted to the College. However, there should be a continued effort to maintain admission to Harvard College on a broader base than that of predicted academic performance...
...international cooperation and counsel in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, framing intricate international affairs in the unhelpful language of a moral binary—with “freedom” as its watchword—and sanctioning torture on the sly while resisting all criticism. The ongoing effort in Iraq might be a comedy of errors, were it not for its tragic consequences in death tolls and the destabilizing reverberations throughout the region...
...There, American leadership—perhaps itself chastened, perhaps merely overstretched—rightfully resisted the urge to evangelize with troop deployments, sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to assist with talks. As Kenya begins to heal after a power-sharing agreement that showed the continued utility of multilateral effort, the United States should continue to offer aid and counsel, nothing more...