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...problem is that for most voters, the question they were posed at the polls did not extend much further than “to elect or not elect”—to no fault of their own. Bush did not campaign on any substantive platform. He vowed to “revamp” the tax code and make it simpler and more efficient. He vowed to “finish the job” in Iraq. He vowed to stand for good ol’ American values. But unfortunately none of those things give Bush license...
Elizabeth Bartholet ’62, the Wasserstein professor of public interest law, was quoted yesterday in The Boston Globe saying that “the faculty was seriously at fault for not inquiring more deeply, prior to making this appointment, into any role Jack Goldsmith may have played in providing legal advice facilitating and justifying torture...
...have this situation to be honest with you,” Leaman said. “Kris Mayotte is a spectacular goaltender. We just went to the well a little too much, and he got worn down, and he let in some softies. It wasn’t his fault...He needed a day off and he wasn’t able to have...
It’s hard to find fault with the underground credentials of Vancouver-based punks The WPP. Vocal duties osciallate between all four members, who all play instruments as well, smashing any notions of rock deityhood. To top it off, their most recent album, He Has the Technology, was written in an actual basement and put out by the obscure Hollywood label Satellite City. Punk rock, indeed...
There is certainly something anxiety producing about the NBA list: it adds to one's nagging fear that one isn't reading the "right" books, that there are always hidden gems out there that a more astute and observant reader would have spotted. But that isn't the judges' fault. The only motive that one can reasonably impute to them is a desire to call attention to the eventual winner, The News from Paraguay, by Lily Tuck (HarperCollins; 248 pages). Though why to that particular book, it's a little hard...