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...hopeful are you that Hong Kong can freely elect its Chief Executive by 2012, the target date set by the territory's democrats? We really have to engage the Beijing leadership. I know this may be a sensitive time for them to talk with me. But, after the election, we'll have demonstrated to Beijing that a competitive Chief Executive election is in fact positive for Hong Kong, that there's nothing to fear...
...care if Hillary Clinton says 'I was wrong' about Iraq" [March 5]. After six years of Bush's refusal to admit having made a mistake, all voters, not just Democrats, understand that such a refusal is clear evidence of a lack of integrity. We the people will not elect another person who lacks the integrity to admit a mistake...
...Harvard administration’s job shuffle, the selection of President-elect Drew G. Faust has so far stolen the show. Flying under the radar, however, is an administrative search that will arguably have a greater direct impact on the students of Harvard College—the search for the new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Given the importance of this position, we hope that Faust, who will select the new dean, will give students an official voice. The dean of the Faculty has broad powers that affect both student life and education. The dean holds...
Harvard’s alumni governing body, the Board of Overseers, has elected former Vassar President Frances D. Fergusson and Boston lawyer William F. Lee ’72 to serve as president and vice chair of its executive committee, respectively, the University announced yesterday. Fergusson and Lee, who will both begin their one-year terms following Commencement, will succeed computer science professor Susan L. Graham ’64 and psychiatrist and novelist Paul A. Buttenwieser ’60. Elected as overseers in 2002, Fergusson and Lee are entering their final year as members of the board...
...statement, President-elect Drew G. Faust described Schlesinger as a “great friend to Harvard...