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Today, we must, in the spirit of an innocent holiday, lift the burden of Sept. 11 from our collective consciences. Halloween this year provides us with a unique opportunity—the chance to show terrorists that they will not crush America’s enthusiasm for having...
Other countries have secured temporary help because of U.S. diplomatic needs. President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia--a country plagued by violent anti-U.S. rioting since early October--stopped by the White House Sept. 22, when President Bush agreed for one year to lift 5% to 10% tariffs on 11 Indonesian goods, including copper, plywood sheeting, rattan, sorbitol sweetener and tuna. This deal was designed to deliver some help to Indonesia, with minimal impact on U.S.-based industries...
...There were a lot of anxious people on the sidelines,” Murphy said. “That field goal was an emotional lift...
...second half, Harvard, with textbook execution, broke through the defense that both Brown and the Gaels employed as Masterson scored, giving the Crimson the emotional lift it needed to cruise to a dominating 12-6 victory...
...take issue with Bash’s premise, however, that the best reason to lift Harvard’s ban is that it would encourage “progressive thinkers to...rise to the pinnacle of the military elite.” This may very well be an argument that can tip Harvard’s scale in favor of ROTC—that once we associate ourselves with the military, its backwardness as an institution will be more easily remedied. It would be better, though, if in debating the issue, Harvard administrators and students could show...