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Yet in an era when television is dominated by made-up competitions pitting brainless pretty people against other brainless pretty people--Fear Factor, Survivor, etc.--it is the brilliant uglies of the World Series who have provided some of the best human drama of the summer. On every episode, intelligence...
But instead of quieting outcry on campus, Buell’s announcement had the opposite effect—pitting proponents of free speech against those who advocated the use of discretion when offering Harvard up as a bully pulpit.
Major problems with the QRAC include the fear of depriving Quad residents of much-needed amenities and concerns about pitting student athletes against student artists.
To the "realists" in the State Department and other sections of the bureaucracy, those are dangerous ideas, potentially plunging an entire region into bloody chaos, bringing down longtime allies and pitting the U.S. against the entire Arab world. They see the war on Iraq in far more limited terms, and...
Late in the week, the agency began speculating about a far less obvious cause of the accident: atmospheric turbulence. As the shuttle descends, air moves smoothly over the wings until, at about 150,000 ft., it begins to churn and swirl. As long as the shuttle is moving slowly enough...