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...cafés around the world, aspiring scholars learned that Harvard will compromise for students who show enough promise—at basketball.It is hard to deny that the school’s resources could be better spent reaching out to those academically capable students striving to gain an education in disadvantaged areas—whether in the West Bank or East Cleveland.The choice we face is not exactly “either-or,” but when it comes down to it, the college’s overall recruiting practices should project our belief in the power...
...Party. In addition to sacrificing principle though, McCain might be sacrificing important Independent votes, and his acceptance of President Bush’s endorsement isn’t going to help in that respect. He is counting on the fact that his flip-flop to the far-right will gain him Republican Party support, but this is a dangerous political game for him to play. During this election, Independent votes are predicted to be valuable, and the cost of McCain’s inconsistency—defeat in the general election—might not be worth whatever...
...French are used to in their President. Ironically, Sarkozy's advisers also believe his imploding popularity - combined with public backing of reform - will make it all the easier for them to press ahead with unpleasant restructuring of France's economy and society. They say the eventual appearance of gain after the initial period of reformist pain may help lift the President's numbers, and leave the right well positioned for presidential and legislative elections in 2012. That could mean beautiful music for Sarkozy and his conservative allies; but it could also reflect a bad case of political tone-deafness...
...logged nine more errors in an inconsistent team effort. Shaky serving in particular devastated the Crimson early, preventing it from building much-needed momentum. In the second game alone, Harvard players made five service errors. This inability to hold the ball made it difficult for the struggling squad to gain its footing, but as the Crimson players relaxed the offense began to flow.“Serving just got a lot better. Everyone was more aggressive, more confident and I think it showed in their play,” Weintraub said. The sophomore led the team with five aces...
...examples of diminished civil liberties, there are few, if any, where the motivating factor was something other than law and order or national security. There are no scandalous examples of the White House using the Patriot Act powers for political purposes or of individual agents using them for personal gain. The Justice IG report released Thursday, for example, examined some 50,000 National Security Letters issued in 2006 to see whether the FBI misused that specialized kind of warrantless subpoena. The IG found some continuing abuse of the power, but blamed it for the most part on sloppiness...