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...Almost every one of the Iraq veterans running for Congress as a Democrat is in a tough, high-profile fight against a Republican incumbent: they'll be the poster boys (and women: Tammy Duckworth, who lost both legs in Iraq, is running in Illinois) for the Democrats' long-shot efforts to retake the House in 2006. They may also represent the beginning of the Dems' long climb back to credibility on national-security issues. Chris Carney has one of the toughest races. "The district is so Republican that no one really thinks he can win, even with Sherwood's problems...
...editors: Your article regarding Harvard Right to Life’s poster campaign (“Pro-Life Posters Spark Debate,” news, Mar. 6) overlooked the key issue of the safety and well-being of Harvard students who have had abortions. There are virtually no other groups on campus besides Right to Life that put up advertisements solely directed at challenging and changing students’ opinions. It is very disturbing that the one issue that is promoted independently of advertised events on posters around campus is an issue that may be very personal and painful...
...editors: Re: “Pro-Life Posters Spark Debate,” news, Mar. 6 The irrational trashing of “Elena posters” by students demonstrates once again the wisdom of Harvard Right to Life’s developing-baby poster campaigns. Those who favor legalized abortion often try to distract the abortion debate by agnostically temporizing about the status of the fetus and instead focusing solely on the social and economic situation of the mother. With this distraction in place, most people can tune out the abortion debate most of the time. This supposedly agnostic...
...GEMS, NP JAIN, RM BUMB read the signs on the shop stalls. Pitliya Jewellers has a table with a plastic washbasin filled with pearls. Jain families?members of an ascetic religious group that observes strict dietary rules?run the businesses; Muslims are the expert craftsmen. Later I notice a poster of Mecca in a workshop where four men facet lemon quartz in a weird green glow. Gauri Shankar Dangayach, production manager of one of Gem Palace's cutting units, leads De Taillac down several side streets with open gutters and into one of a dozen look-alike buildings...
...Jamie R. Smith ’08, who participated in the e-mail exchange, said in a phone interview that she felt the combination of a shocking picture and controversial message made the posters disagreeable to students. However, she felt that groups have the freedom to poster about causes that are important to them...