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With the Biden, Richardson and Uncommitted groups up for grabs, the real politicking began. This consisted mostly of individual pleas to "Come on. Really, come on." After 10 minutes everyone decided that they had enough and professor Larry asked people to count again. Of the five delegates allotted, three went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democracy, Without Brownies | 1/4/2008 | See Source »

...worldwide emissions. A carbon-free future is not the Jetsons-type scenario that one might imagine; it’s what happens when it’s not only environmentally friendly to be green, but also when it’s economically disastrous not to be.In the meanwhile, please keep recycling and turn off the lights when you leave a room.Jonathan B. Steinman ’10, a Crimson sports editor, lives in Winthrop house...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman | Title: Leaps Forward | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

For Harvard students, finals period brings more than just a host of papers and semester examinations; it also brings semi-annual desperate pleas from the administration to evaluate their courses for the recently renamed “Q” (formerly CUE) guide. The system for evaluating has long been...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Right On “Q” | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

Biscet has been subject to inhumane prison conditions, confined in a windowless, three by six foot cell for periods as long as 42 days. His toilet is a hole in the floor. When not in solitary confinement, he spends his time in a communal cell with violent criminals. With the...

Author: By Andrew Velo-arias | Title: A Day For Human Rights | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

Despite the danger, however, most Vietnamese have resisted pleas to wear helmets, dubbing them "rice cookers" and complaining that they're too hot, uncomfortable and even that they block the peripheral vision crucial to navigating split-second swerves. And many doubt the government will be able to enforce its new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion Police vs. Traffic Police | 11/27/2007 | See Source »

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