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...after the campaign for Oscar votes for Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck made him feel dirty. "You're campaigning for yourself. To compete for art," he says. His dad was also dejected and angry after losing an election for Congress, and Clooney had been reading about the lack of attention being given to Darfur, so the two went on a trip to Africa to shoot footage. Clooney wasn't able to get into Darfur until late January, when the U.N. said it would give him an official title. "I have a U.N. passport. It says 'Messenger of Peace...
Moreover, if the Argentines are attacked, they can probably count on more support, of at least the moral variety, than they have so far received from their Latin American neighbors. The Argentine generals were surprised and upset at the lack of backing they received at the United Nations Security Council immediately after their invasion, where they were condemned as aggressors. The situation would seem less clear-cut to other Latin American countries if the British started shooting in the South Atlantic. At least ten countries, including Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela, have expressed sympathy with Argentina's claim to the Falklands...
...Tuesday, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences approved a motion to make all of their future published academic works, the product of all that time not spent in office hours, available within the Harvard community. Plus, the lack of costs in accessing these publications means no more undercover trips to the COOP in search of hidden ISBN numbers...
...artless term—both for its linguistic similarity to the terminology of totalitarianism, and for the inaccurate and unhealthy implication that America is a “homeland.” And the term’s ties to an unfortunate set of policies further magnify its natural lack of grace. Now, in the midst of a contentious presidential campaign, is the proper moment to address the issue of the department’s inappropriate call sign. I want to see one of the candidates propose some—in fact, almost any—alternative...
...most important and competitive matches within in a few days of each other. Last weekend, Harvard played Ivy League rivals Penn and Princeton in back-to-back matches. The Crimson has had very little time to recuperate before the national championships. Another problem that has hurt the team is lack of a veteran core. The Crimson graduated seven seniors and the squad is very young this season. “We may have been lacking experience,” Endresen said. “But that the great thing is we aren’t graduating anyone this year...