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...deceptive motion by Sarles plus the quickness of her leftward pass gave Scott just enough time to fire a promising shot to the left corner of the goal. Big Green keeper Brittany D'Augustine, who had been in position for a shot to the right, suddenly dove left in desperation to stop the low shot by Scott. But Scott had flicked the ball with just enough force and just enough height that it deflected up off the top of D'Augustine's outstretched stick and into...
...Germany's move to the left in Sunday's poll was significant. While the parties of the extreme right failed to make it into parliament, the old East German communists -- reconstructed as the Party of Democratic Socialism -- made a surprisingly strong comeback, gaining a total of 35 seats. That leftward tilt gives Schroeder a firm mandate to fulfill his promise to reverse Kohl's welfare cuts. But when it comes to pushing through tax and labor reforms, Green doesn't necessarily signal...
With these numbers, it's not surprising that the district's voters have long had a certain leftward lean about them...
Campus activists want to cut at the roots any semblance of rising anti-progressive sentiment because they know they are in the distinct minority at Harvard. Disregarding the political leanings of Harvard students, which are decidedly leftward, those who only want to get to "medical school or Wall Street" (Green's rough synonym for "ignorant immoralists") easily constitute a majority of students, a decidedly apathetic majority. Lacking numbers, the minority of activists knows they are finished if they lose their supposed moral authority and their (still) overwhelming public prominence...
Guinier will not add diversity to the HLS faculty. She is, unfortunately, a continuance of the Law School's leftward trend...