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...once you get past anything pretending to be a neutral basis for deciding how the superdelegates should vote, we are reduced to what will be universally perceived as an exercise in bare-knuckle politics. All the racial, gender, generational, and income contradictions in the party will play themselves out in an undemocratic process that will be utterly lacking in transparency. Paranoia will be rampant and dissatisfaction with the final result, whenever it is achieved, will be profound...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: It’s Still a Draw | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...behind a little bit, but our guys kept battling.”Against a team whose quick skaters and hard checking proved just enough to lead it to victory, Harvard exerted consistent pressure on the Eagles defense throughout the night. The Crimson battled hard for the puck in the neutral zone and kept finding ways to get a stick on the puck in front of the BC goalie John Muse. Call it plain old competitive fire, the seniors’ desire to graduate with a Beanpot trophy, or simply a flair for the dramatic. Regardless, the Crimson?...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Hangs Tough In Defeat | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

...experiment involved 33 subjects, who were asked to watch either a sad video or a video designed to be emotionally neutral. Afterward, participants were given the opportunity to buy sporty water bottles with the $10 they received for participating. Results showed those who watched the sad video were willing to pay, on average, $2.11 for the bottle, nearly four times as much as the $0.56 that those who watched the neutral video were willing...

Author: By Michael J Ding, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Psych Study Quantifies Therapeutic Spending | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

...This may technically be neutral ice, but you wouldn't know it from the crowd. When both teams were announced, a good 3/4 of the stadium erupted on behalf...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CRIMSON LIVE: Beanpot Final | 2/11/2008 | See Source »

...French, rallied and pushed back his enemies. The tense standoff comes as the European Union is poised to dispatch 2,500 troops to eastern Chad, where hundreds of thousands of Darfurian refugees and displaced Chadians live in fear. Now Europe's leaders must decide: Will those soldiers be a neutral protection force for civilians, or an army fighting to protect Chad's embattled despot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dangerous Friend | 2/6/2008 | See Source »

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