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This is not to say that Islamic fundamentalism is dead. But it has suffered a grievous blow. Its great appeal was not just its revival of a glorious past but also the promise that it was the wave of the future, the inexorable tide that would sweep through not just Arabia but all Islam--and one day the world...
...There are those who think that severing out ties with our physical past—Austin Hall, Ames Courtroom, Langdell Hall, Areeda—is a grievous injury to an asset of great value to the University,” Nesson said. “They don’t see themselves being persuaded out of that...
...report cites faulty equipment, failed registration, polling place deficiencies and confusing ballots as reasons for the missing votes. Which do you consider the most grievous of the voting problems...
...truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. Certainly, not all of the horror stories we hear about grievous errors supposedly inflicted on friends of acquaintances of roommates could possibly be true, lest most of the people on campus suddenly find themselves pregnant quadriplegics carrying a bottle of aspirin as they wander to class. Yet the picture is not as rosy as JCAHO portrays...
...Because history never stops being written. Because Kerrey is a politician, a public figure respected for his candor, a certified war hero who survived grievous wounds, a man who once sought and may again seek the presidency. And because the ambiguity of his experience reminds us that good men did terrible things in Vietnam, making us examine what it means when honor is peeled away from...