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...events should be ruled out. The excellence of one country’s team—or any group for that matter—should allow that team to compete at the highest level, not facilitate its exit. In fact, it is the domination of certain sports that often garner the most fanfare. For example, no story loomed larger in Beijing than Michael Phelps, the American swimmer who won the gold in all eight of his events. Removing him from the competition would rightly appear ludicrous, but it is the same logic that would mandate such a farce that results...
Driscoll said he hopes that at least 200 people will come to Uno’s for the event tonight, which would garner $400 for Habitat if each person buys a $10 entrée. He pointed out that any drinks purchased during tonight’s karaoke time at Uno’s will also generate funds for Habitat...
Gomes, who underwent heart pacemaker surgery in October, said he still has a legacy to build in the years he has left at Harvard. He said that he is in the best position to garner funding for the renovation of Memorial Church—an edifice that Gomes deeply associates with his time at the University...
...grown increasingly unclear in the past week whether Bernanke—whose term as Federal Reserve chairman expires Sunday—can garner the needed 60 votes in the Senate to be reconfirmed...
...outcome in Massachusetts reflects a national stance on the healthcare debate in Washington, namely that 55 percent of Americans now feel that the current bill should be altered to garner more Republican support. Reworking the bill does not mean discarding it entirely. However, it is clear that the public wants to see an end to the fierce partisanship of the deliberation on Capitol Hill. Accordingly, the Democrats should honor the will of the people by opening up the legislation to Republican ideas to achieve a bill with the bipartisan support to ward off a Senate filibuster...