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...called one of the prevailing arguments against him, asserting that he is capable of taking on the Republican nominee in the general election. “Their ideas are bankrupt right now,” he said of the Republican primary field. “Scooter Libby justice and Karl Rove politics will be over next year.” In his introductory speech, Kerry compared Obama as a young leader to Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther King, Jr. “He doesn’t seek to perfect the politics of swift-boating,” Kerry said...
...Facing three teams it defeated last year on its way to a co-Ancient Eight title with Columbia, the Harvard men saw three beatable teams in the way of a repeat. The men were led by an unprecedented performance from their epee squad. Senior Teddy Sherrill and sophomores Karl Harmenberg and Billy Stallings led the Ivy pack, taking the first two spots as well as the sixth overall out of 16 total fencers. Sherrill went 8-1 on the day. “They were fencing pretty well in the first round, about what we would expect...
...years observers have argued that economic development can be hindered by oil wealth, a phenomenon called the "resource curse." Some, like Prof. Terry Karl of Stanford, say that excess oil exports also impede democratization. Tom Friedman of the New York Times even argues that democratization and the price of oil move in inverse proportion: when the price of oil goes up, he argues, crackdowns on political freedom ensue. Much academic ink has been spilled in pursuit of a model that can accurately link oil wealth and lack of freedom...
...with democratic development elsewhere in the world, and the trends there can hardly be considered permanent. More important, how do you account for oil-rich countries as diverse as Norway, Britain, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mexico and Venezuela? And would the theory apply to oil-rich states in the U.S.? Prof. Karl says oil and democracy don't mix when the black gold dominates a country's exports. "Countries that are most dependent on oil are the least likely to liberalize," she says...
...It’s convenient, open late relative to a lot of other places in the Square. It’s kind of like an institution, too,” said Karl J. Kmiecik ’10. “It’s Noch?...