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Over spring break, Harvard became the latest victimizer of Gina Grant. The Faculty's standing committee on admissions and financial aid--in a gutless move--decided to rescind Grant's early admission...
This is the key to understanding the amazing transmutation of cold war and Gulf War doves into Bosnia hawks: their deep suspicion of motives of national interest. In a recent debate, Anthony Lewis called George Bush a "gutless wimp" for letting the Serbs overrun Bosnia. It was pointed out that the gutless wimp took half a million Americans to war to liberate Kuwait. "Yes," replied Lewis triumphantly, "he did because of oil, O-I-L, the famous three- letter word." Any wimp, you see, can go to war for some vital national interest. Real men go to war for reasons...
...student who was falsely accused face possible expulsion because of his staff's incompetence and his own laziness. His cowardly refusal to end a Kafkaesque trial of lies, innuendo and gross stupidity shames not only himself but the University of Pennslyvania. Brickbats to president Clinton for nominating this gutless man to head the National Endowment for the Humanities...
Walsh characterized the council's rejection of his amendment as "gutless," and as "one huge, large whitewash...
When the College imposed a new restrictive alcohol policy in 1990, he reportedly explained to House residents, "Those gutless cowards up in the Yard want to take away your booze...