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...conflict in Northern Ireland. Prior to the ceasefires, multi-party negotiations had commenced without Sinn Féin, but the party was admitted to the table later on the condition of an end to the violence. Adams said that Sinn Féin was “first and foremost an Irish republican party,” dedicated to “citizen’s rights, equality, freedom from British rule, and harmonious working relationships.” “We’re in a better place than we were 15 years ago,” Adams...
...sense,” Ross G. Douthat ’02 once explained to The Harvard Crimson in his final year in Cambridge. Already a long-running Crimson columnist and editor of the Harvard Salient at the time, he had earned a reputation as a prolific writer and the foremost conservative on campus. With his recent selection to replace Bill Kristol ’73 as editorial columnist for the New York Times, he will become—at the tender age of 29—one of the nation’s most preeminent political commentators and visible conservative...
...latter even features a track called “Times New Viking Vs. Yo La Tengo” on their latest album. This last point is more coincidence than self-conscious imitation, though; “Fuckbook” is the sound of a band concerned first and foremost with having fun.But as much fun as it is—plenty, to be sure—it’s difficult to decipher what about the project took three years to create. Yo La Tengo may be one of the older and more sedate artists in indie rock...
...This new policy is misguided and harmful for several reasons. First and foremost, the turn toward protectionism in the labor market mandates that the United States essentially throw away much of its already-sparse annual investment in human capital. Every year, American colleges and universities invest millions of dollars in the education of talented students from overseas. Considering the depth of the current crisis, it is foolish to turn away thousands of highly skilled, incredibly productive, and well-qualified candidates on the basis of their nationality...
...First and foremost I see myself as a pitcher,” Suter says. “[But] I’m hoping to contribute...