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"I think it's a very poor decision," said Lawrence S. Carson '93, organizational director for Harvard-Radcliffe Democrats. "We're very upset. We did not misrepresent them."
In short, they twist the subtle disparities between individual strains of thought into a single strain of enemy ideology. In doing so, they undermine and misrepresent the ideas of Harvard's moderate Republicans, many of whom object to the obnoxious and intolerant agenda of these self-described truth-seekers.
In another question, the researchers asked single, heterosexual students to assume they had had four previous sexual partners. They found that 47 percent of men and 42 percent of women said they would misrepresent their past sexual behavior to get an attractive date to have sex.
Sometimes the image of the heroic victim holds up. Other times, however, the paragon of virtue is revealed -- as was Charles Stuart -- to be a very flawed human being. At which point the press, like an avenging ex-lover, typically executes an about-face and attacks with self-righteous fury...
But the procedure remains an expensive long shot, which fails perhaps 85% of the time. This week the House Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities and Energy will hold hearings to investigate growing complaints that many heavily promoted IVF clinics misrepresent their success rates. The panel's chairman, Oregon Democrat Ron...