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...advertisements that inundate the airwaves across America—of course, a bit more heavily in the courted swing states. According to The New York Times, “the candidates, their parties and outside groups were spending a combined $25 million on a heavy 7-to-10-day period?? a few weeks ago. “From Oct. 7 to Oct. 17 they were to spend up to $40 million, according to one Republican estimate.” And it’s estimated that by the end of the election, $500 million will have been spent...
...these connections and their meaning appear decidedly historical at this point, they should not. The national elections in South Africa this past April have underscored both the achievements of the post-apartheid period??celebrating 10 years this year—as well as persistent problems—economic disparity key among them—that have maintained a discomforting continuity with the past. In the inaugural address for his second term as president, ANC leader Thabo Mbeki made a similar point, noting the brevity of time since 1994 and the end of apartheid, and yet the irreversible path...
...include: bags under eyes as big as those Paris Hilton would amass after a particuarly extravagant shopping spree, nails bitten down to ragged stumps and a creative use of the same pair of jeans to create an infinite number of various suspiciously similar looks over a 3-week period??after all, laundry is not immune from being pushed aside and ignored until the very last possible minute. It’s sometimes scary to think about what we would talk about were it not for the mountain of work that provides a pretty much constant bantering and bickering...
...changing the College’s calendar so that fall semester ends before winter break seems increasingly like a foregone conclusion—even if many of us still vigorously question the logic. But moving fall finals is not as simple as starting the year earlier and condensing reading period??both aspects of the proposal we strongly oppose—it will also free up the entire month of January. And at Harvard, no time can be wasted in idleness...
...trial period??which was supposed to run from Nov. 25 until spring break—has been delayed because of communication difficulties between Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) and the council...