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...offered a different objection to the bill, saying that this would be a “step-backwards” in terms of removing the council from overt political stances. Lurie cited examples of position papers passed by previous councils that admonished the invasion of Kuwait in the first Gulf War, apartheid in South Africa and the purchasing of grapes farmed by migrant workers...
...President Bush's perceived policy shift has predictably drawn a wave of criticism from U.S. allies in Middle East and Europe. It's worth remembering that the first Bush administration, in order to maintain Arab participation in its Gulf War coalition, threatened to cut Israel's funding in order to force a halt to settlement activity. But today's Iraq coalition has negligible participation by Arab allies, and the U.S. invasion of Iraq has turned most of their citizenry against the U.S. - it's not as if U.S. standing in the Arab world could fall much further. Except, perhaps, inside...
...those students who imagine a future in academia and other highly motivated students, the yawning gulf between the last day of classes in December and the end of exams can be filled with sparkling original research,” Connor says. “Pushing exams back, compressing reading period and exams, etc. will thwart that kind of work, and no J-term can make up for it. I fear that we may trade seriousness—about academics, the arts and athletics—for a stress-free holiday and some smorgasbord course offerings in January...
...region may frolic in the waves wearing traditional thobes (robes) and abas, but there's no frowning on string bikinis, if that's your taste in swimwear. And there is all manner of outdoor adventure, from scuba diving or wind-surfing further out in the azure waters of the gulf to trekking across Arabia's sands in 4-by-4s or on camelback...
...what overall logic or principles, Kerry's opponents ask, can he explain a 1991 vote against the first Gulf War, a 2002 vote for the second and a 2003 vote against the money to pay for it? Only the logic of political opportunism, they answer. A certain amount of meandering may be part of any Senator's voting record, but Kerry also takes a walkabout in his own sentences. As voters get to know him better, they may see in his life, his choices and his principles a more complicated picture than Bush presents and one that the Republicans...