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...students living in the Co-op, distance can be difficult, especially during the harsh Boston winters. Harvard’s regular shuttle services does not run to the Co-op and though students can call the Harvard van service, there is often a long wait...
...exchange for these efforts, The Crimson responded with an inflammatory front page article focusing exclusively on a minute portion of partygoers who reacted to the foam (“Lather Suds Rub Partiers Wrong Way,” News, Apr. 19), a malicious (albeit facetious) editorial and an unduly harsh April 21 Fifteen Minutes party report card (apparently also meant in jest). These articles make spiteful accusations in the spirit of parody without ever mentioning what they assume the whole campus already knows: that the vast majority of partygoers, even many of those irritated by the foam, considered this year?...
...gunmen who killed 58 foreigners in a 1997 attack at an ancient temple in Luxor. That was the last assault in a five-year onslaught by Egyptian extremist factions such as Islamic Jihad and Gemaat Islamiyah, whose leaders declared a truce after being crushed by the Mubarak government's harsh security clampdown...
...regime is too sordid or controversial for a publicly listed U.S. oil company, there are plenty of other national oil companies in countries that do not care much for human rights and are willing to make a quick buck without competition. Boycotts and divestment are meaningless unless there are harsh penalties for not complying. “Harsh penalties” generally mean government sanctions and not the shrill cries (or silent protest) of college students several thousand miles away...
Given the harsh reality of today’s political climate, the Democrats are justified in their use of the filibuster in blocking judicial nominations. Extreme politics calls for extreme countermeasures. Only through the use of the filibuster can the Democrats attempt to force compromise and preserve some figment of moderation. That the tables could easily be turned on the Republicans, the elimination of the filibuster would be a dangerous step in the wrong direction for Democrats and Republicans alike...