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...high seas, seizing goods it defined as contraband and sailors it defined as British deserters. But America had its own imperial dreams: the war's supporters were nicknamed war hawks because of their constant birdlike calls for "Canada, Canada, Canada." Former President Jefferson thought conquering Canada would be "a mere matter of marching." Federalists were appalled. Gouverneur Morris, the peg-legged ladies' man who had drafted the Constitution, declared that a war of choice fought for such reasons was "founded in moral wrong"; anyone who supported it would be guilty of "impiety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conscientious Objectors | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...long, the improvement of writing instruction at Harvard has received mere lip service. After the Harvard College Curricular Review, the Standing Committee on Writing and Speaking was created to keep an eye on the teaching of writing, but the administration, up until the present, seemed content to rest on Harvard’s laurels. We hope that Bok’s writing test will provide concrete evidence showing such people just how necessary change is both in the Expository Writing program and across the curriculum...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: $50 To Make Things Write | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...times have changed. Electors are no longer chosen for their intellect, but are mere messengers of the state’s electoral vote. And people are more informed today than our Founding Fathers could have ever imagined. Thanks to technology, nothing but disinterest prevents the average citizen from having just as much information as the elector...

Author: By Nicholas J. Melvoin | Title: Failing College | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...Going outside Tulane's billing system, Marrogi asked the state office responsible for Charity's records for an account of how much he had charged. The office reported that he had collected more than $50,000 for the same period. Gerber claimed the entire department had been paid a mere $12,000. The state's records indicated that the pathology department had actually received more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEAD WRONG? | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

While it may come as a surprise, there are students at Harvard who want to have sex. We shouldn’t deny them the opportunity of learning about sexual well-being just because the mere mention of the topic offends a few delicate souls...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: What's wrong with sex-ed? | 3/11/2007 | See Source »

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