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...address, President Bush told Americans that faith-based initiatives would transform America “one soul at a time.” Simply put, the government should not be in the business of saving souls. It should be helping people. Somewhere, Thomas Jefferson is rolling over in his grave...
...unless one really knows what s/he is doing. I’m afraid I feel guilty enough about receiving school credit for the classes I took this semester, which were comically poor. Exchanging another semester at Harvard for one at [the University of Dar es Salaam] would be a grave mistake indeed.” This from a guy who scratched at Harvard’s cage in Cambridge harder and longer than anyone else I know. Another friend’s European accomplishments were upping her already admirable tolerance to alcohol and getting addicted to cigarettes...
...other conferences that will find themselves and just start clicking at the end of the year, and become something like a Cinderella team,” Cusworth said. “I’m not about to make any of the Ancient Eight founders roll in their grave trying to start up anything. We’ve come to terms with...
...buoyant commodity prices and an unemployment rate that could soon fall below 5%, Macfarlane faced a parliamentary committee last Friday to explain the bank's actions, statements and thinking. For "Big Mac", as close to a rock star in local financial circles as you could get, and the four grave-faced central bankers who serve as his backing crew, it's a community service obligation in an era of policy transparency. While the economic illiterates on the committee are no match for bureaucrats at the top of their game, a public show of knowledge can often be as vital...
...would be a grave understatement to say that University President Lawrence H. Summers has ruffled his share of feathers during his three-and-a-half year tenure. This was all too evident at a faculty meeting two days ago, where Faculty of Arts and Sciences professors let him have it about issues ranging from his recent comments on the innate differences between men and women to his blunt and divisive leadership style and his opaque administrative structure. Almost without exception, these critiques were justified. President Summers’ missteps reflect a consistent lack of judgment in his dealings with Harvard...