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...TIME Turns Another Page As Shakespeare wrote, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." I still prefer Letters over Inbox [March 26] for your letters-to-the-editor column. Vicki Weintraub, AVENTURA, FLORIDA...
...position. The Globe recently reported that none of the 32 head coaches at Harvard are black. Amaker, who the Globe said will be interviewing tomorrow, and Stan Heath, the former Arkansas coach whose name was in the mix for the Harvard position until he was hired by South Florida this week, are both African American.“I don’t think that this would be any different than any other coaching search that we would do, other than the fact that the nature of a search for a head basketball coach might normally result in a more...
...weekend’s two double-headers against Ancient Eight foes Princeton and Cornell. Harvard has been inconsistent in the early stages of the season, splitting its first four conference games last weekend in twinbills against Penn and Columbia following a 4-8 spring training showing in its annual Florida trip. The Crusaders come into today’s contest with a 2-14 overall record and are looking to avenge last year’s 3-2 extra-innings loss to the Crimson in Worcester, Mass...
...turns out the critics were right. Plaintiffs have made the decision the centerpiece of attempts to defeat state bans on the sale of sex toys in Alabama, polygamy in Utah and adoptions by gay couples in Florida. So far the challenges have been unsuccessful. But plaintiffs are still trying, even using Lawrence to challenge laws against incest...
...Lawrence case was greeted enthusiastically by those who thought it would usher in a new era of privacy rights. But lower courts have been very careful about interpreting the decision. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, for instance, twice rejected efforts to broaden Lawrence. In 2004, it upheld Florida's law prohibiting gay adoptions by saying the importance of providing for children gives the state the right to set rules for their adoption. And later that year, it ruled that a district judge in Alabama had erred in using Lawrence to strike down the state's prohibition on the sale...