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Before last season, it was well accepted that the Harvard women’s hockey team would be good. But when the Crimson burst out of the gates with an 11-game winning streak and took the top spot in the national rankings, no one saw it coming.The beginning of...
But even in a Democratic-run Pentagon the push for missile defense is going to continue. If Obama keeps Defense Secretary Robert Gates on, as some advisers are arguing he should, that would come as no surprise. "Russia has nothing to fear from a defensive missile shield," Gates said Thursday...
philanthrocapitalism n.--Also known as venture philanthropy. A business-like approach to charity USAGE: "Leading philanthrocapitalists are giving away unprecedented amounts of money--Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are together handing out about $3.5 billion a year through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation." --NEW YORK TIMES, NOV. 11, 2008
In this moment of transition and of heightening geopolitical struggle, it is hardly the time for soft diplomacy. Obama, like the European Union, should join Secretary Gates in calling Medvedev on a preposterous bluff.
Medvedev’s position on this missile-shield standoff has been deliberately provocative. That posturing worked: many in America have argued that the United States should not allow this development to threaten diplomatic relations by upsetting the Russians. These arguments, however, seems to want it both ways�...