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College officials insist that legacy status is only considered as a tie-breaker between identically qualified candidates, a claim that is suspect by itself. But even if it were true, Harvard's policy amounts to giving the benefit of the tie to the fortuitously born--the absolute antithesis of the "level playing field...
Such a failure need not and should not occur. Both Bush and the Democrats still insist that the Middle East confrontation poses a danger to the economy so dire that a national emergency exists. The normal political concerns, including the pressure from special interest groups that so intimidates lawmakers, could be set aside in a spirit of national sacrifice. Last week Bush declared that action on the deficit was needed "now more than ever." But are those stirring words a call to action or mere rhetoric...
...estimate that Saddam could build one in something like five years. A nuclear-armed Iraq is a scary possibility, but is it beyond the mind of man to try negotiating the creation of an internationally inspected nuclear-free zone throughout the Middle East? If so, and if the Israelis insist on their right to be the only nuclear power in the region, then they can probably be expected to deal unilaterally with any Iraqi attempt to join the nuclear club -- with unforeseeable consequences. But all these speculations hardly justify a U.S. pre-emptive strike...
...most eagerly awaited musical of the new season is endangered in the crossfire between Miss Saigon's producer and Actors' Equity activists who insist on an Asian in the lead role...
...titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top," Illustrate;" be specific," etc? They mean it The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant, but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your blue book will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name...