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...able to weather his time in the Clinton administration without instigating conflicts, Kennedy School professor Jeffrey A. Frankel said. The fact that Summers had trouble leading the University, Frankel said, “says more about Harvard than it does about him.”FIGHTING THE FACULTYFrom the outset of his presidency, several professors criticized what they saw as Summers’ heavy-handed involvement in Faculty affairs and complained that he exerted too much influence on their deliberations.He initially served as an ex officio member of the curricular review’s Committee on General Education, chaired...
With Caputo ranked 4th in the nation and O’Connor at 5th, the co-captains will undoubtedly make their marks on the mat throughout the winter. But, as he has insisted from the outset of preseason O’Connor stresses team focus before individual goals...
...Tell me you love me,” Keith sings in one representative, self-flagellating cut; “It’ll hurt a lot worse when you go.” The new heartbroken tinge is especially disappointing because the album is promising at the outset. The title track is more muted, Jimmy Buffet-style fare than full-tilt Keith, and the energy level is a little lower than usual. But there’s enough edge here—“Villain or an outlaw / I might kiss your girl or catch you with a southpaw...
...From the outset, critics of the memo viewed the legal thinking behind it as flawed. Then Navy general counsel Alberto Mora identified it as a "dangerous document" that "spots some of the legal trees, but misses the constitutional forest. Because it identifies no boundaries to action - more, it alleges there are none - it is virtually useless as guidance." What particularly troubled Mora and other critics of the memo was that, as a document from the Office of Legal Counsel, its opinions were binding as the Administration's interpretation...
...From the outset, Knox's sexual history has been widely reported, with prosecutors linking her past to their allegation that the victim was forced into an orgy. (Even last week, Italy's leading daily Corriere della Sera reported that Knox had to fend off lesbian advances of a fellow prisoner.) The prosecution's court-room reconstruction of how they believe the life of the popular British exchange student, known to her friends as "Mez", was brutally cut short. After trying to force Kercher to join in group sex with them and Knox, prosecutors say the men held the victim down...