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...Senate today. If 60 senators vote in favor of the measure, there can be no filibuster, which would make it likely that the bill would pass, Edgar said. But because of the bipartisan opposition to the bill, Edgar said he is optimistic that the cloture vote will fail. In that case, a filibuster would most likely force the Senate to renew the legislation for an interim period in order to leave time for further debate of its provisions. Even if the current version of the Patriot Act is renewed, the FBI’s access to library records will continue...
...People think that they won’t be in the top fraction of the class and that they won’t fail out,” said Akram Zaman, co-president of the HBS Student Association’s Executive Committee, “so many of them take on the attitude that they don’t need to work as hard...
...support of “working families” and “regular people.” He decried the current administration and Congress as undoing much of this progress by enacting policies that aim to “weaken environmental laws, cut back social services, and fail to engage the world on poverty and disease.” Brown also said he strongly opposes trade pacts such as the Central American Free Trade Agreement, and while in office, he has pushed for a renewed focus in economic policy on small domestic manufacturers, working people, and labor unions. Brown...
...Roots also put on a great live show, and rarely do they fail to be at least good, if not often fantastic, in their albums. This compilation offers a worthwhile summary of a hip-hop band with a great sound, an interesting set of values, and a decent, if inconsistent, set of albums...
Perhaps the best thing to come of the failed Wyclef concert is its replacement—“Comedy for a Cause 2005,” a Harvard Concert Commission (HCC)-organized benefit show to aid victims of the Oct. 8 earthquake in South Asia. The event, which will be at Sanders Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m., will feature seven comedians, and is open to the general public. The HCC is aiming to raise $5,000 for “money, tents, clothes, and food” for the winter. Oh, but enough with the mushy...