Word: heeling
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...Huckabee is likely to suffer for refusing to demagogue immigration. He is already in trouble for offering college scholarships to deserving children of illegal immigrants in Arkansas. "We never should grind our heel in the face of a child," he has said. But if a nativist revolt is brewing, his fellow Republicans are handing out the pitchforks. Peripheral candidates like Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter set the slime flowing in the presidential campaign. The theme was soon picked up by Mitt Romney, who seems incapable of finding an issue where integrity trumps expediency. Romney has made illegal immigration the target...
...small, the present reinvention of the course evaluation system is a missed opportunity to make more meaningful alterations to the culture of feedback and pedagogical improvement at Harvard. Specifically, the reforms fail to address incomplete participation by both students and faculty, which remain the CUE’s Achilles heel. Evaluations mean little when they do not include a full sample of students enrolled in a course. For course-shoppers, this often creates a skewed perception of a class’s quality. For faculty and teaching fellows, this means that feedback is incomplete, making gauging their students?...
With the Supreme Court now brought to heel, Musharraf may feel secure enough to find a face-saving way to give up his military command. His regime is already promising that elections will go ahead in January, by which time a Musharraf-Bhutto alliance may be firmly in place. If Musharraf lasts that long, that is. Indeed, within days of the declaration of emergency, rumors began to spread of a coup backed by Pakistan's new vice chief of army staff, General Ashfaq Kyani, Musharraf's heir apparent. Rumors are commonplace in Pakistani politics, and Kyani is a loyalist. Still...
...Hoff added. “They’re going to be tough to break down.” Harvard will also have to deal with the Bears’ substantial offensive arsenal, especially in the form of set-pieces and crosses, which have proved to be an Achilles heel for the Crimson’s defense. “Brown’s going to be working at that space,” said Hoff of his team’s main defensive weakness. “That’s the way they’re probably going...
...look from Proenza Schouler's fall 2007 collection 4 Joh. Backhausen & Shne Leaf Pattern pillow designed by Heinz Weingarten, 1912 ($55; neuegalerie.org 5 Bottega Veneta Sfera long black diamond earrings ($37,000; bottegaveneta.com 6 Dior Christal 33-mm watch ($13,995; eluxury.com 7 Bally Cande velvet heel with grosgrain detail ($550; bally.com 8 Roger Vivier Manchette TV enamel cuff with gold buckle details ($350; 212-861-5371) 9 Laura Kirar Collection for Baker Vienna armchair ($1,680; bakerfurniture.com