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...what is the point of fasting in our modern lives? Giving up food is a kind of outdated practice: we do it every day for our ethos or, much more realistically, our bodies. Complying with social standards, fasting is a year-round norm rather than a Lent exception. Vegetarian, vegan, low-fat, non-fat, low-carb, zero trans-fats… you name it, Whole Foods has it. In a world with staggering numbers of anorexics and bulimics, it would be senseless to argue that such often-paranoid food obsessions clear our minds in the same way they...
Historically, Harvard’s official search committees have only turned to student and faculty bodies in perfunctory consultations. This tradition lies in stark contrast to the modern norm of comprehensive search committees, which in Harvard-lingo would include Corporation members, Overseers, faculty, staff, and students dealing with the nitty-gritty of the search process; the Corporation’s final seal of approval (as a solo act, that is) would become the perfunctory gesture, rubber stamping the collaborative process it had been forced to engage...
...it’s hard to retain that edge no matter how hard you try.The folks around the league that have experienced more than just one era of Ivy basketball will point to the early to mid 1990s, when winning the league by three to five games was the norm. From 1991 to 1998, the league champion had at least a three game margin over second place seven out of the eight years. And those teams combined for three NCAA tournament wins and never lost a tournament game by more than eight.The league, however, was much stronger then...
...Collins depicted Chertoff; she also wondered why he took a trip to Atlanta rather than directing the effort from Washington. Minnesota Democrat Mark Dayton called DHS under Chertoff's leadership "non-functional," while Collins chose "late," "uncertain, "ineffective," "alarming" and "unacceptable" to define the agency's performance. Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman said Chertoff "failed the President" by not informing him of the doubts he had about then-Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael Brown. The "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" comment came a day after Chertoff says that he had begun to question Brown's ability...
Piemonte said that the embassy’s effective response in this instance was not necessarily the norm. When a traveler loses re-entry documents, Piemonte said, “the U.S. consulate has very little control over...