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...obscure language of law. And given the Supreme Court’s history of secrecy—“it’s no coincidence that there are no cameras in that courtroom,” Toobin says—he needed all the goodwill he could muster to write this book.“The Nine” goes behind and around the curtain at the Supreme Court to track the rise of the conservative movement, beginning with the creation of the Federalist Society in 1982 and not ending until the close of the judicial term last June...
...relationships—the “challenges” of Harvard sufficiently prevent you from sitting in a room with your boo, fiddling your thumbs, and wondering, “Gee, what should we do now?” At the very least, you should be able to muster a romantic study date in Lamont (read: true love...
Sometimes it's hard to muster enough critical detachment to report a subject fairly. Take the changes to London's congestion charging scheme that were unveiled at a ceremony in City Hall this morning. Ken Livingstone, the capital's two-term Labour Mayor - currently campaigning to win a third stint in May 1 elections - announced that from October onward, drivers of high-polluting vehicles will have to pay a punitive ?25 or $50-a-day toll for city-center journeys. The chief focus of Livingstone's wrath are the four-wheel drive vehicles he calls "Chelsea tractors": shiny gas-guzzlers...
...straight sets. Freshman No. 1 June Tiong dropped a competitive four set match to the Tigers’ Amanda Siebert, 9-6, 7-9, 9-0, 9-2. PENN 5, HARVARD 4Deadlocked at three matches apiece heading into the deciding three matches, the Crimson was only able to muster one victory, falling to the No. 1 Quakers, 5-4, Saturday afternoon.Despite the loss, the showing was a stark improvement over the 9-0 whitewash that Harvard suffered at the hands of the Penn during a pre-season fall matchup.“We were unable to capitalize on their mistakes...
During that same election and in years since, George W. Bush's frequent use of Spanish in speeches has made news. Bush's proficiency may pass muster under No Child Left Behind, but according to former Mexican President Vicente Fox, it's an embarrassing "grade-school"-level Spanish...