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...treaty, the U.S. single-handedly elevates India to the status of a legitimate nuclear power, thus showing no respect for cornerstone non-proliferation treaties such as the 1968 NPT. Importantly, the Bush administration failed to establish or describe any objective criteria by which other countries can aspire to achieve this type of legitimacy. Bush’s decision, instead, sends an ambiguous message to the international community. The U.S., it seems, is prepared to grant nuclear legitimacy to those it likes and condemn those it does not, and that will determine the legitimacy of a nuclear power. This type...
...School accepted its first ever gift from Saudi Arabia: $300,000 from the government to establish a chair in Islamic law. In 1982, Harvard received two gifts within months of each other. The first, $600,000 tagged for the Semitic Museum’s efforts at preserving photographs of Middle Eastern life, came from the Saudi royal family. The second gift, this time from a Saudi businessman, aroused controversy because some alleged that it involved an unwritten agreement conditional on the hiring of a new faculty member with ties to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). The allegations were never proven...
...didn’t take long for Harvard’s three seniors to establish that Saturday night belonged to them. Following an emotional pre-game ceremony that honored the contributions of the graduating players, the Crimson came out with its strongest start in over a month, keyed by the efforts of captain Matt Stehle, swingman Mike Beal and forward Zach Martin in the trio’s last game in crimson and white. Stehle kicked off Harvard’s scoring against Columbia with a jump shot on a feed from Martin, who started at small forward...
...such equipment as sophisticated nightscopes and computer-mapping systems, but the Administration refused the request. The Marines are still flying around Iraq in Vietnam-era helicopters--yet $1 billion was cut from the program for the choppers' only replacement aircraft, the V-22 Osprey. The Marines were able to establish the long-awaited first squadron last week but say they need more funding to replace aging aircraft. "It is unconscionable," says a military officer, "that the one new aircraft that could clearly help them in Iraq is getting...
...Arts and Sciences (FAS) call for the creation of a University-wide legislative body, few at Harvard are aware of the fact that such a body already exists—at least on the books.An obscure provision in the Statutes of Harvard University, posted on a University website, establishes a University Council, composed of “the President, Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors of the University and such other University officials as the Corporation with the consent of the Overseers may appoint members of the Council.”According to the Statutes, the University Council serves...