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...improve the quality of life at this institution for the sake of those who will follow, it is our duty to promote camaraderie among the students. Remember that the students of 1875 were bucking almost 250 years of “tradition” when they chose to establish a school color. Now crimson is certainly a majestic color, but no hue can by itself effect the desired unity of spirit in our diverse population. The rise of mascots at other colleges around the nation (such as the longhorn of Texas or even the bulldog of Yale) indicates that...
...cast doubt on the appropriateness of any subsequent criticism, changes in circumstances notwithstanding. But with Bush’s approval rating at 37 percent as of last week’s Gallup poll, even this goad will likely not be enough to silence his critics. Congress should seek to establish hearings to examine the war and the evolving role of U.S. troops in Iraq. Most important, though, as this process proceeds, the growing chorus of critics must keep oversight, not political gain, in sharp focus. Congress is not asking for a timetable for a withdrawal, nor should it. Secretary...
...wasn't playing poker. He is the marketing director of PartyGaming, a company based in Gibraltar that operates the world's largest online poker site, PartyPoker.com Bhargava joined the firm in 2000 when it was an Internet start-up based in the Dominican Republic that was trying to establish a niche in the then novel world of online gaming. Today PartyPoker boasts that more than a million people have played for money on its site this year, the vast majority of them Americans, who are technically circumventing the law, according to the Department of Justice...
...staying out of the box.“I think certainly our inexperience in the fact that we have a lot of younger players is part of it,” he added, “but it is something we need to improve on if we want to establish ourselves.”And when the trailing team mounts a last-ditch charge, the Crimson can’t stop moving forward.“I think we get cautious out there,” senior forward Charlie Johnson said. “We stop attacking, stop getting...
...international community,? Bush said as the two made their third appearance before cameras during two hours of meetings, which were followed by a long lunch. Koizumi reciprocated, saying he trusts Bush and adding that the ?more intimate? the Japan-U.S. relationship, the ?easier for us to behave and establish better relations with China, with South Korea and other nations in Asia...