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...first of roughly 1600 members of the Class of ’06 (officially in Harvard parlance “ought six”) to arrive, Strum walked nervously down a path through Tercentenary Theater toward Canaday Hall...
...allegations are distortions,” Reich countered. “I don’t think there ought to be attack ads...I think it would be better if we talked about what we have done...
...Glancing at the provisional agreements, it's not hard to see why environmentalist groups across the board have expressed disappointment. The delegates have agreed that humanity is eating too many fish, and that catches ought to be trimmed in order to sustain stocks. They've agreed, also, that more care ought to be taken in the disposal of hazardous chemicals; more use ought to be made of renewable energy sources such as solar-, wind- and hydro-electricity; and also that it would be a really good idea to try, by the year 2015, to get clean drinking water and sanitation...
...world's two most nefarious villains, Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein ought to have reasons to work together. They share similar interests--hatred of Israel, hostility toward the rulers of Saudi Arabia and, especially, enmity toward their common nemesis, the U.S. Both are suspected of dabbling in chemical and biological agents, and both are judged capable of using them. While al-Qaeda is still seeking weapons of mass destruction, Western intelligence experts think that Iraq already possesses some--in which case hooking up with bin Laden's network might make sense. If Saddam wants to employ his arsenal against...
...Bush Administration, while aware of the complaints, does not seem to want to get involved. (Supportkids' CEO, Casey Hoffman, worked on Bush's transition team.) "If a family chooses to engage a private collection firm, parents ought to have that option, so long as the agreement is clear up front," says Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services. But some critics of the private sector urge the Administration to do more. "Here we have an industry where some of the companies, by almost any measure, are alleged to be doing...