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...Indeed, Harvard led the Ivies in total defense in 2006 and 2007, notching a league-leading total of 15 interceptions in the latter season...
...taking it personally because there’s so many amazing companies here.”Fialo’s sentiments reveal a tension within campus recruiting. Although Harvard’s prestige attracts both a wide base of companies and high caliber firms, the glamour of the latter oftentimes negates the abundance of the former.“It’s not traditionally a career path that people have realized they can go into,” Roberts suggested.“You’re a fan of sports, but people don’t necessarily realize...
...terribly neglected under her long-serving predecessor, John A. Johnson. (Reached at his home in Buffalo, Johnson declined to discuss his tenure or the DOJ report he claimed not to have heard about. "There's the truth, and then there's God's truth, and I believe in the latter," he told TIME.) (Read "Do Early-Release Programs Raise the Crime Rate...
...tour through both the claustrophobic history of the Kennedy family and the tumultuous latter half of the 20th century, True Compass is clearly Teddy's attempt at burnishing his legacy. In that regard, he is less than successful, though - he often seems more concerned with telling the story of the times than he is in telling the story of his accomplishments (for which he makes a surprisingly anemic case). There's a feeling at points that he's ticking off moments in history, rather than grappling with them. But it's clearly the personal anecdotes that readers will flock...
...Does your remit restrict you to conflict zones, or can you focus on human-rights abuses in places like Burma and North Korea? My job deals with atrocities, genocide and war crimes. Human rights and international humanitarian law are closely related, but my focus is on the latter. I'll be working not just with new developments and existing courts but also unhealed wounds created by past atrocities, in Cambodia for instance...