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...Then in March 2001, Rose entered the journalistic fray when he penned an op-ed in the Crimson that called for corporate sponsorship of Harvard athletics. Among other things, Rose pointed to poor athletic equipment and sparse attendance as some of the things sponsorship could cure, and one of the reasons he “came to love road games.” His article was in response to an earlier story in the paper about the administration’s stance on corporate sponsorship...
...fund could win some hearts. As for minds, British Prime Minister Tony Blair last week most prominently jumped into the media fray, speaking with al-Jazeera the day after bin Laden's tape aired and sending an op-ed article to Arab newspapers that made the case against bin Laden in Islamic terms: "As the Prophet Muhammad (God's peace and blessings be upon him) said to his armies: 'Do not kill women or children or non-combatants...
...civilian deaths, diplomatic efforts focused on building a broadly representative post-Taliban government. Reports suggested that a final assault on Kabul was being delayed until the formation of such a coalition under the guidance of U.N. Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi. With allied ground forces poised to enter the fray, British officials warned of a long military campaign - bad news for the millions of Afghans facing hunger and the prospect of yet more conflict to come. THE NETHERLANDS New Indictment The U.N. War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague handed down an indictment against former...
...already gone on record warning that countries who aren't with him are against the U.S., a flashback to the 1950s and '60s, when the West was confronting "evil" communism. That shouldn't be the bottom line: for many countries, such as Indonesia or Malaysia, staying out of the fray is simply the national interest. The U.S. must also be wary of abandoning liberal and democratic principles in the name of solidarity against its new enemy, terrorism. Washington must be careful not to give free reign to a regime just because it joins the alliance. In recent years, Uighurs, Kurds...
...insipid university community cannot do much harm. But problems ensue when students—armed with Marx in one hand and their class notes in the other—transpose their sheltered academic experience onto the real world. And the difficulties compound when Harvard egos enter the fray. This university’s self-important, ignorant bravado has never been more obvious than in our reaction to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on America...