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...committee has offered students so far is a pathetic fig leaf: a one-hour meeting with a dozen members of the Undergraduate Council on November 18. No other students will be allowed to attend. It's doubtful that specific candidates will be discussed. And given the late winter deadline for the final choice, it's unlikely that many more--if any--such meetings with student leaders will be held...
Turning Over a New Leaf: Harvard has outfumbled its opponents by a 23-14 margin this season. But on the interception side, Harvard sports a 10-4 advantage. If you include the blocked punts, the Crimson holds a 28-27 turnover advantage...
...provocation from Iraq -- an invasion of Saudi Arabia, the killing of Western hostages or some other horror -- it may fall to the Kuwaiti Emir to request that the United Nations act militarily. The collective-security provisions embodied in the U.N. Charter's Article 51 could provide the legal fig leaf for an internationally sanctioned war against Iraq while preserving at least some element of tactical surprise...
...Taking a leaf from some outdated p.r. manual, Saddam Hussein went on the airwaves last week in a miscalculated attempt to revise his image and turn up the pressure on his enemies. He should have known better. His crude hypocrisy of fondling children may help convince the Iraqi masses that their self-styled % Knight of the Arab World is not such a bad guy. But it was testimony to his isolation that he believed such a transparent performance would move the West...
...polar regions. Ants turn more soil than earthworms; they prune, weed and police most of the earth's carrion. Among the most gregarious of creatures, they are equipped with a sophisticated chemical communications system. To appreciate the strength and speed of this pesky invertebrate, consider that a leaf cutter the size of a man could run repeated four-minute miles while carrying 750 lbs. of potato salad...