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Abortion may present other problems. Clinton has put a lot of work into moderating her image on abortion, saying that abortions are a "tragedy" and that she wants to see fewer of them...
...extremists may have a political as well as a religious motive. By targeting entertainers, the militants undermine confidence in the state, while fewer movies means fewer distractions for potential recruits. "These entertainers are stealing an audience away from the mullahs, so the musicians have become their enemies," says Jehan...
...department has been unusually disappointing to its students—owing in large part to the burdens imposed by excessive class size. As such, this year’s drop in sophomore declarations is actually a boon in terms of reducing the strain on departmental resources. Professors with fewer students will be able to facilitate more targeted and personal instruction. The advising network will be less taxed, allowing for more concrete and individually-tailored advice on how to navigate the concentration...
...cello, which is quite a relief after so much uniform distortion. The album closes with a mediocre lullaby about love and dying, which emphasizes the cello even more, but fails to hold the listener’s attention. A pared-down version of the album with three or four fewer songs wouldn’t have been so bad. We should have been so lucky. —Reviewer Benjamin C. Burns can be reached at bcburns@fas.harvard.edu...
...month, a move that spokesman Howard Wolfson said "illustrates Senator Clinton's commitment to this effort and to ensuring that our campaign has the resources it needs to compete and win across this nation." Clinton has relied most heavily on the party's traditional big donors and is finding fewer and fewer who have not already given the maximum legal limit of $2,300 for the primary race. "They've got to produce something out of these next nine states [that vote between Super Tuesday and March 4], or they are going to have some serious money troubles," says Obama...