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Because of the timing of the al Shifa controversy—in the midst of the Monica Lewinsky scandal—the serious threat of chemical weapons was ignored in favor of “wag the dog” coverage, Benjamin said...
INCENTIVE. This is any tax complication that you approve of. The term is invoked in favor of lower tax rates for certain (usually richer) people, for certain types of income (such as capital gains) and in general. It is undeniable that taxes discourage the activity being taxed, and that tax cuts encourage work and thrift and (if they're more narrowly focused) drinking more water on alternate Tuesdays in states beginning with W, and other fine things. But it is also undeniable that if you cut taxes on one activity or group of people, you must raise them on others...
Darst condemned sexual assault and said he’s in favor of prosecuting all instances of the crime...
...mail to the BGLTSA list, Smith questioned the board’s 6-4 vote in favor of Chopra...
...facility in six years was never a real possibility, yet in negotiating the Rieman lease Harvard has seemed willing to sacrifice this essential aspect of undergraduate life—disproportionately affecting women—in favor of furthering its budding graduate institute. Ironically, Radcliffe was once the home of undergraduate women. Because there has been no action for so long, we now find ourselves at a critical juncture; Illingworth and Summers must prove that dance, the arts and undergraduate life are as high a priority as they often claim. An Allston complex is years, if not decades away. We need...