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...Bush's Secret Mission I really loved Bob Geldof's article about President George W. Bush's policies for Africa [March 3]. Geldof made clear his opinion of Bush, but in the course of the article he also paid homage to some good the President has done. I am a fan of the President's, and I didn't know about the success in Africa. Too bad Bush doesn't have enough p.r. savvy to put a spotlight on this proud legacy. Fred Ascher, Los Angeles...
...mutually exclusive. In the same March 2 New York Times article cited by Caldwell, Athletic Director Robert L. Scalise says he expects Harvard to maintain the best Academic Index in Ivy League men’s basketball despite Tommy Amaker’s new recruits. Harvard’s mission is best served by striving for excellence while still satisfying the constraint that its athletic teams have the best academic credentials within their sport. Ivy rules additionally ensure that the mean Academic Index of Harvard’s athletic program will be within one standard deviation of the student body...
Cuno claims repatriation poses a threat to the diverse cultural offerings that "encyclopedic" museums put on display. U.S. museums have the mission of "collecting representative examples of the world’s artistic legacy" for "the study [of] individual traditions within the context of other traditions," he said when testifying to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee of the U.S. State Department...
...strange boys on the street, smoking what may or may not be PCP in the park while wearing hoop earrings, and rolling on club drugs in—where else?—da club. Kravitz’s collective exploits work towards director Phillip Andelman’s mission to delineate the parallel between drug abuse and bad relationships that is at the very core of the lyrics for “I Know.” It’s a parent’s worst nightmare—although Kravitz’s parents (Lisa Bonet...
Pity Dick Cheney, when Air Force Two lifts off on Sunday for the Middle East. Reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks looks to be the simpler part of his mission, compared with the task that awaits him in the Saudi capital of Riyadh - persuading the 13-country OPEC cartel to help bring down the soaring price of oil by boosting output. As cynics might say, good luck with that...