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...aside $1,700 to benefit all undergraduates, particularly when it gives huge grants to small student groups. For instance, at the same meeting that the UC voted down funding the Times, the Harvard Polo Club got $1,000. At the very least, the UC should have passed a last-ditch amendment which would have still provided papers on the condition that HoCos foot half the bill. Since the bill failed, students have vented their disappointed to their UC representatives. We echo this sentiment and hope that the UC will find a way to make The New York Times permanently available...
...need to score political points fast, calling for personal sacrifice is a pretty sure bet. Sacrifice is, after all, the stated theme of President Bush’s new plan for the Iraq war, one that calls for the deployment of more than 20,000 additional soldiers in a last-ditch effort to stabilize the region. Such rhetorical packaging comes at a time when President Kennedy’s mandate to “ask not what your country can do for you” carries a particularly persuasive ring, harkening us back to an era in which national struggles...
...York City Council resolution is a desperate, last-ditch effort, launched by people with a myopic view of their own blackness. Their campaign would all but turn us into statues, unable to laugh at the world - and most importantly, to laugh at ourselves...
...Everyone in Gaza seems to offer a different reason for what started the fighting last week between fighters loyal to the Hamas-controlled government and the various militias of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party. But most agree that the fragile cease-fire put into place on Sunday has no chance unless the Palestinian leadership can pull off a near miracle in Saudi Arabia under the guidance of the Kingdom's last-ditch mediation effort...
...think we didn’t make enough plays during the game,” Donato said. “We had five shots trailing a goal in the third period, and it’s just not good enough.” In a last-ditch attempt to stay in the game, Harvard pulled Richter for an extra skater, but the plan backfired: with 18.9 seconds left in the game. BC sealed their victory with a shot on an empty net, clinching the game, 3-1. “Something we’re struggling to do is come...