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It’s a problematic argument: post-World War II chiefs were part of a pattern of presidential self-assertion that dates at least as far back as James K. Polk, who lied to Congress in order to garner support for the Mexican-American War. But Perret downplays the significance of that event “because it was Mexico that declared war on the United States, not the other way around...
...perhaps because it is difficult to distinguish her words as she sings. But Forbess comes to life in Act II, going beyond the cartoonish aspect of Gilbert and Sullivan to portray Josephine as a character with emotion and intelligence. The best performance of the evening comes from Brian C. Polk ’09 in the role of the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., First Lord of the Admiralty, whose extended title reveals all you need to know about his character. Polk gives Sir Joseph a dynamic face and a manner of self-satisfied delight which, along with...
...listing all of our military interventions in the past 200 years that were undertaken without declarations of war or even causes of war, starting in 1846 and the war against Mexico, which is the first moment the idea of empire took center stage in American affairs. As President [James] Polk said, "We've just got to have California!" Well, we got California--which the Mexicans are now quietly redeeming...
...acceptance and strategic planning, are they forcing students into a pre-packaged mold? Worst of all, are college consulting companies creating a new inequality, allowing well-off students to get into top schools at the expense of those who aren’t? PICK ME, PICK ME!!!William M. Polk, former headmaster of the Groton School, a boarding school in Massachusetts that traditionally sends a significant percent of students to Ivy League schools, saw the rise of the admissions industry first hand. Polk believes the high turnover rate among college admissions officers obscured previously straightforward admissions criteria...
...Reviewer Paras D. Bhayani can be reached at pbhayani@fas.harvard.edu. Out of Iraq By George McGovern and William R. Polk '51 Simon & Schuster...