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When it comes right down to it, though, it’s almost silly to insist upon a rivalry between Harvard and Yale. First of all, on an athletic level, neither football team inspires much in the way of fan support, often failing to provide on-the-field fireworks in the short term and consistent program success in the long term. Secondly, from an academic standpoint, both schools are roughly comparable with regards to the quality of faculty and students, as well as prestige and national respect...
...moral universe cannot be divided in binary terms,” he said. “We must not insist on the all-or-nothing ethics that rely strictly on the respect of personhood. Instead we must cultivate an appreciation for life as a gift...
...White House aides insist that the German relationship is important, but admit that Bush's personal feelings about Schroeder have been irreparably damaged. Though the Bush team came into office saying they would not let personal relationships cloud their foreign policy, it is clear that in some cases, Bush's gut rules. The president has taken a personal liking to Russian President Vladimir Putin despite having said he would not fall into that trap, and he has made a similarly personal judgment, though with very different results, about Schroeder...
When Berry comes out of the water, her teeth are chattering. The locals say April was never this frigid, this windy--"Nunca," they insist, never--until the week she had to pretend the icy Atlantic was the bath-warm Gulf of Mexico and shoot Scene 102, her big entrance as Jinx, the mysterious assassin in the new Bond film Die Another...
Democrats could do little more than insist on their relevance. "We're not going away," Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle said. "We're going to be fighting for the things we believe in." The loss of control may actually give Daschle more flexibility: sources tell TIME that as majority leader he often held his fire to guard against the defection of Georgia Democrat Zell Miller, who threatened to leave the party if Daschle came down too hard on the President. But Daschle and the rest of the party leadership have yet to lay out a compelling alternative to the President...