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...have neglected. For example, he doesn't gloss over the hideous costs paid by French civilians. The Allies, before liberating them, bombed them relentlessly in an attempt to paralyze the German army. Three thousand French civilians died during the first 24 hours of D-day. That's twice the number of American soldiers who died...
...right here? Well, first, the Republican argument that the stimulus is a bust because jobs have been lost fails a basic logic test. After last fall's global financial shock, the job market was going to be thrown for a loss no matter what. The issue is whether the number of job losses is greater or lesser than it would have been in the absence of the stimulus. "You can't answer these questions without a compared-to-what," says Jared Bernstein, economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, who is overseeing the stimulus. "We can have good arguments about...
This past weekend, over 200 Harvard University Band alums flocked to campus to celebrate its 90th anniversary, trumpets and French horns in hand. The weekend’s festivities, meant to recreate for grads the unique social and musical experience of being in the Band, included a number of events, such as the annual montage concert on Friday night in Sanders Theatre, the halftime show at the Saturday afternoon football game against Dartmouth, a post-game concert at Dillon Field House, and a special Sunday brunch in the band room...
...Obviously, Kyle Richter had an unbelievable game,” Killorn said. “He kept us in the game, and he made some unbelievable saves. They had more shots on net, but I think we had about the same number of great scoring opportunities. We had a lot of great shots that missed...
...typically favorable public image, leading to a 20 percent decline in media representations of Harvard over the past nine months, according to The Global Language Monitor, a site that recently brought you the "Top Politically (in)Correct Words and Phrases of the Past Year" (number 1 was Swine Flu, FYI). We get that cutbacks don't exactly make Harvard look good, but how did they translate that into a number like 20 percent? Regardless, the site ranked Harvard as the university with the third best media image this year, a drop from the number...