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Broad generalizations are indeed skidding wildly through this debate. First of all, many critics fail to note that not all SUVs are created equal. Today's fastest-selling SUVs are those like Dickie's RX 300, a so-called crossover SUV, or CUV. Whereas traditional SUVs are built on truck frames, many crossovers are essentially tall cars that get O.K. gas mileage. While sales of the largest SUVs dropped 2.4% last year, the crossover market grew roughly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The SUV Is All The Rage | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...possible that neither side in the debate about evil quite knows what it is talking about. Philosophically and theologically, both are fighting the last war. They are talking about a world that no longer exists, or rather, they fail to see what evil lies in the world that now exists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Meaning of Evil | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...their first semester. The proposal to eliminate the special freshman requirements will go towards a Faculty vote in an upcoming meeting. If approved, first-year standards will be made equivalent to those of the rest of the College, demanding that all students have “at most one failing grade, which may not be accompanied by another unsatisfactory grade.” Students who fail to meet this requirement will be asked to withdraw. The administration’s current policy is more lenient on first-year students; according to the 2002-2003 Handbook For Students...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Leniency for First-Years | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

America’s foreign policymakers would never fail to take into account the concerns of other nations—yet this is the perception that is held by many politicians in Europe and the Middle East. The revolt of the French in all matters pertaining to Iraq can only be understood as a protest against the intransigence of U.S. foreign policy and its insensitivity to the views and concerns of other governments. This act of protest and similar ones in the U.N. are primarily the result of the mixed signals given by the members of President George W. Bush?...

Author: By Alex B. Turnbull, | Title: Discordant Diplomacy | 2/21/2003 | See Source »

Instead of possibly weakening Title IX on the basis of unfounded claims, the commission should strengthen it. The harsh reality is that Title IX remains one of the most violated civil-rights laws in the country. Too many schools still fail to give women equal opportunity in athletics. While 54 percent of the students at large universities and colleges are women, these schools give their female athletes only 41 percent of the opportunities to play, 33 percent of their total operating budgets, and 30 percent of recruiting dollars. These statistics do not nearly fulfill the requirement of equity in Title...

Author: By Anat Maytal, | Title: Title IX Rematch | 2/20/2003 | See Source »

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