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Marvin Kalb, director of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, is more forthright in his characterization of the new hiring practices. He writes in an e-mail message, "It is no mystery, nor is it much of a story, that Harvard has often been seen as liberal.... It was very much in the School's interests--and certainly in the students' interests--to understand the new conservative tide in Washington and the country. Government is what the Kennedy School teaches. Therefore, conservative leaders have been invited to the School, and more and more of them have...
Regardless of the outcome of this particular incident, we hope that the University will be more sensitive to its workers in the future. Although University officials should be mindful of the bottom line, they should also take the interests and rights of Harvard employees into consideration and promote fair, forthright labor negotiations...
...extraordinary collection of people and events that is much deeper than any name can conjure, and something that will last much longer than the flow and ebb of reputation and trend. On that day, she must have sensed a warmth from the awkwardness and earnestness of our visit, our forthright goodwill and our best wishes for her future. Detached from the trappings of life in the White House, the bullets in New Haven and the general flakiness that envelops Brown, she would prosper here-and perhaps one day be just as excited as we were about selling Harvard...
...scurries for a balance beam to knock wood. Most refreshing, unlike so many world-class gymnasts, who sound as if they've spent too many hours in airless gyms inhaling chalk powder and practicing the mantra "I just want to do the best I can," Moceanu is forthright. She admits she wants to win--but is prepared to lose. "That's what makes you stronger," she says. "The hard times...
...opinion is that this eagerness of politicians to take a stand on gay marriage is not an indication that a forthright discussion of something like the entitlements question is just down the road. What have become known as wedge issues--issues involving social concerns--have tempted politicians since the creation of Reagan Democrats in 1980. There is a particular appeal to wedge issues that affect few voters or (until a court in Hawaii rules on gay marriage, for instance) no voters at all. I've begun to think of those as wedge hypotheticals...