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...didn’t have as many chances as we usually have.” On the back of last night’s disappointing performance, the Crimson looks to rebound in its first Ivy League game against rival Yale. Coach Clark expressed his hope that the manner of the defeat would kick his team into gear heading into Saturday’s matchup. “I don’t think you can have any greater motivation going into our Ivy League season,” Clark said. “We believe we are a team that?...
Yuriko Koike is a Japanese politician with an engaging manner, a fine track record as a cabinet minister, a worldly outlook and the sort of fresh approach that Japanese politics so desperately needs. None of that did her much good when she recently ran for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party - she received just 46 ballots out of a possible 527. Why did she do so badly? Not just because of some residual male chauvinism, perhaps, but also because she was too obviously the candidate of reform, of liberalization - in other words, she was the candidate...
...column that Sarah Palin's candidacy would be either dramatically successful or dramatically not. What's your feeling right now? I thought she gave an excellent speech [at the Republican convention] and she is a moving and rousing figure. But I became concerned as the weeks passed at the manner in which the McCain campaign was treating her like she was a Fabergé Easter egg - don't drop it! It might crack! I can tell you that her interviews - to the extent that she has thought aloud - have not been impressive...
...send out warning bells to Americans, the proposed freedom from review for Paulson’s $700 billion should. As former chairman of the Harvard economics department Oliver Hart stated, “We’re meant to trust the Treasury to enact this plan in a reasonable manner, but they want a carte blanche, and this is worrying.” It is worrying, and suspicious. In wording reminiscent of the Patriot Act, Section 8 of the bill states, “Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed...
...butter issues of taxes and spending, and hit Obama on his failure to visit Iraq and his expressed willingness to meet with dictators. But while mocking his opponent on a few occasions, which reflected his acute disrespect for Obama, he did so in an insufficiently sharp and detailed manner - and unevenly worked elements of his rival's record into his attacks. Still he was utterly confident about his own experience, knowledge, and policies, even when tripped by his own tongue and distracted by the strains of debate practice. The main problem: Obama's obvious preparation and sharp answers contradicted McCain...