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...years past, choosing the next leaders of the Undergraduate Council has often come down to a determination of which candidates possess the fewest fatal flaws instead of the most proven strengths. But this year, Harvard students are fortunate enough to have a very robust field of candidates who bring a diverse set of unique strengths and experiences. Among these impressive options, the demonstrated track record of Matthew J. Glazer ’06 and his vision for the future of the council elevate his candidacy above his opponents. We enthusiastically endorse Glazer for president and are confident that he will...
...weeks ago, the Netherlands Forensic Institute in Amsterdam concluded that Munir had been killed by a massive dose of arsenic. Its autopsy revealed more than 460 mg of undigested arsenic in Munir's stomach; a fatal dose, according to Dr. Mun'im Idris, a forensic expert at Jakarta's University of Indonesia/Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, is anything above 200 mg. Friends and family reject the idea that Munir might have committed suicide. According to Jakarta-based Tempo magazine, Munir sent an SMS to his wife Suciwati from Singapore's Changi Airport that read: "I really can't make this...
...need you to listen. Alcohol poisoning can be fatal. We need you to take care of each other and make sure that no student is harmed. We need you to follow the laws of the Commonwealth. And we need you to go to The Game and support your fellow students on the football team who will make this day memorable in the most important way—by beating Yale...
...bruising battles over stem-cell research and the definition of marriage. On the eve of Election Day, fully 55% of voters said the country was moving in the wrong direction. Only 49% approved of the job the President was doing, and anything below 50% is supposed to be fatal to an incumbent. A war that Bush promised would cost no more than $50 billion a year is running at nearly three times that. He was attacked by well-organized and well-funded detractors who described him as a liar, a fraud, a drug abuser, a warmonger, an incurious zealot...
...September the challenger should have been far ahead. For months the war news had been devastating for the President: the mounting casualties, the absence of WMD, Abu Ghraib, the kidnappings and beheadings. The President's popularity, once 90%, began to dip below the fatal 50% mark. Yet Kerry could do nothing. If the election had been held Sept. 29, it would have been a Bush landslide...