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...tougher line on immigration, an issue that arouses deep passions and therefore needs to be handled delicately. The Tories have not been very delicate. Their remarkable campaign slogan, "Are you thinking what we're thinking?," is meant to be provocative, a sly reference to fears of a flood tide of mask-wearing extremists and veiled women invading England's pale land. If the polls can be believed, fear mongering hasn't helped the Tory effort. The third-place Liberal Democrats are led by Charles Kennedy, who has moved the party from bland moderation to more promising territory on the antiwar...
...world screen. Bigger than rock stars, more influential than television anchor people, when any combination of the former Presidents takes the stage it has huge impact in global politics; free trade, AIDS awareness, terrorism alert. The number of requests for appearances and endorsements now flood all their offices, and a subterranean network of staffers has sprung up so they can brush off imposters who falsely claim one of the other members has signed on to some cause...
According to Collins, their first three shows of the year enjoy better attendance, primarily because they are timed to coincide with campus-wide events like junior parents weekend which flood the campus with willing and curious strangers...
...flood of honors continued unchecked until the 2001-2002 academic year, when the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) began one of Harvard’s periodic reviews of its grading practices. Discussions with each department revealed “considerable concern” with the system, launching internal deliberations about how to proceed, former Associate Dean of the College Jeffrey Wolcowitz writes in an e-mail...
...Harvard women’s lacrosse team opened its offensive flood gates in the second half of Saturday’s game at No. 4 Princeton (10-2, 5-0 Ivy), but the wave of scoring came too late to wash away the Tigers’ first half gains as the Crimson (2-9, 0-3) fell...