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"We have the remarkable spectacle of a wartime President who, by a series of doubtful legal strategies, has squandered his credibility in the federal courts," says Eugene Fidell, a Washington lawyer who heads the National Institute of Military Justice. "The judges are in as grumpy a mood as I can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Bush Gone Too Far? | 1/1/2006 | See Source »

Nearly 20 mayors from twelve states joined a packed audience at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night for a speech by Antonio R. Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles and the first Latino to lead the nation’s second-largest city in over a century. Calling himself...

Author: By Lev Menand, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: L.A. Mayor: Time to ‘Own Up’ | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

In a rancorous event that often challenged the moderator’s ability to keep control and drew strong reactions from the overflow crowd, Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz debated MIT linguistics professor Noam Chomsky on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict last night.The debate at the John F...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prominent Profs Spar Over Israel | 11/30/2005 | See Source »

HUDS moved to acquire the additional “Veritas” irons in reaction to enthusiastic feedback from students in Dunster and Mather. In addition, HUDS has heard pleas from students in Houses without the new waffle irons.

Author: By Sam Teller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HUDS Seeks Truth in Waffle-Making | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

In the Seasons' oeuvre, these songs of rejection or remorse gave way to pleas, determined or desperate, for reconciliation. "Let's Hang On": the guy's fiancee wants to leave, he says stay. "Beggin'": guy regrets that he "played it hard and fast" and pleads for his girlfriend's forgiveness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Falsetto Meets "The Sopranos" | 11/25/2005 | See Source »

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