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...said of why he chose to run for the position. Sixty-one seniors ran in the class marshal election this fall, according to Alexandra Monti, a Harvard Alumni Affairs and Development official who will work with the Senior Class Committee. Those who ran had to obtain 25 classmate signatures and submit a resume. The Senior Class Committee will be composed of the eight elected marshals as well as 13 representatives from the upperclass Houses, who will be elected next week. Petitions for that election are due this Thursday. Monti said she was pleased with the number of people...
...playing for someone. There’s always an opportunity to build an audience.“I guess essentially a venue would be better, because there’s a better sound system, but I just care to play in front of an audience, so however I can obtain that is great,” Gerard says.He’s trying to develop and maintain a fan base, but he also uses his street acts as a type of workshop for his performance style.“It’s just the best way to sort...
...fair, determining what constitutes torture is harder than you might think. The U.N. convention on torture, to which the U.S. is a signatory, says it is the infliction of severe mental or physical pain to obtain information. The Administration refuses to confirm specific interrogation techniques because it says opponents can train against them if they know what to expect. Extensive reporting, however, has shown that the U.S. has used techniques including raising and lowering temperatures in detainees' cells, withholding food, isolation, sleep deprivation with light or noise, forcing detainees into stress positions, head-slapping and water-boarding or simulated drowning...
...appreciative of “the need to keep the taboo on nuclear weapons that has existed for 60 years” rather than creating the appearance that use of nuclear weapons is a possibility. He also said he considers it unlikely that terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda will obtain nuclear weapons. “If they do...I would expect that they will try to use them for influence rather than to destroy,” he added. Dillon Professor of Government Graham T. Allison ’62, who is also a former KSG dean and the director...
...court entranceway. For two weeks the Supreme Court debated the constitutionality of Musharraf's nomination for a second term as President, despite his ongoing tenure as Army Chief. The holding of dual offices is normally prohibited by Pakistan's constitution, but in 2002 Musharraf was able to obtain a one-term waiver. Elections, which are undertaken by an electoral college made up of national and provincial parliaments, are to be held on October 6, just three months before general elections for a new parliament are due. Many hold that the current assembly, which has been in power nearly five years...