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...thought of this disparity while reading the announcement of The Crimson’s 137th guard, along with the hometown of each executive, on Jan. 25th. I was struck by the profound contrast between the extent of these two diversities on The Crimson’s new staff. In ethnic terms, the 137th guard represents quite possibly the most diverse aggregation in the newspaper’s history. The president is Asian-American, the business manager African-American, and virtually every prominent ethnic group at Harvard is represented...
...certain extent, proprietary trading was the key driving force that was behind the disaster," says Jeremy Berkowitz, a finance professor at the University of Houston. "For whatever the reason, Lehman and other banks decided to take positions in mortgages, and when those positions went south, so did the firms...
Though he disputes the extent of the vigilante action, Adams resident Samuel B. Novey '11 said that the overflow of non-residents in the dining hall has spurred students to help Lucy, the embattled card swiper, to turn away non-residents (including this correspondent) who often try to talk their way into the servery...
...month, as Defense Secretary Robert Gates was visiting, the Pakistan military's chief spokesman said there were no plans to launch fresh offensives for at least six months, if not a year. That was a pretty blunt "No" to the Americans. Now, with suspicions deepening over the nature and extent of the U.S. presence in Pakistan, winning its cooperation and shifting public attitudes has become an even more trying task...
...Just as all politics is local (to a degree), all diplomacy is domestic (to a large extent). China's dramatic growth may have increased its ability to be less deferential toward the U.S. But when officials loudly proclaim that foreign leaders should steer clear of the Dalai Lama, lash out against Clinton's "information imperialism" or stoke popular indignation about Taiwan, their motivation is largely a desire to play the nationalism card as effectively as possible at home, and it is as much a sign of insecurity as it is one of bravado. They see a value in deflecting criticism...