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...Washington to consider stepped up contact with Raúl--widely regarded as more pragmatic and flexible than Fidel--as a more effective means of jump-starting a democratic transition. "President Bush is right when he says this is a unique moment in Cuba, but he's missing that moment," says Jake Colvin, director of USA Engage in Washington, which favors moves like lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba--something that even most Cuban Americans in Miami favor and many Cuba watchers suggest the Castros actually fear. Bush insisted that engaging Cuba now would just give "oxygen to a criminal...
...been decided, who knows what could’ve happened,” Peterzan said of Schnitter’s match. The final set at No. 3 singles and the doubles point proved to be the definitive moments of the match. —Staff writer Jake I. Fisher can be reached at jifisher@fas.harvard.edu...
...Jake Colvin, director of the Washington-based USA*Engage, which supports dismantling the embargo, insists the resignation "brings a new urgency for President Bush to show that America is open to a different relationship with Cuba. If we do not, the U.S. risks alienating another generation of Cubans and pushing the Cuban government farther into the arms of countries like Venezuela and China...
...altogether clear how this policy change was decided. (Jake Olkkola, the Manager of Harvard Recreation, did not return my many requests for comment, and a monitor I spoke to at the QRAC was also unwilling to speak on record to me about it.) In an official announcement that was circulated over various House lists, the Athletic Department declared that the policy had been implemented for “equality reasons,” adding that “whether it is for overall comfort or religious purposes we wanted to offer an opportunity for women to work out without...
...raise achievement in Denver, but a pilot study found that students of teachers who enrolled on a trial basis performed better on standardized tests than other students. The program is already successful by another measure: raising the number of teachers applying to work in Denver's most troubled schools. Jake Firman, 22, who joined Teach for America right out of college in 2007, says he chose Denver from a list of 26 cities largely because of ProComp. "I thought it was a very cool idea," says Firman, who stands to earn extra pay for filling a hard-to-staff spot...