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...Yorker born and bred and vehement about my city, I thought Rudy Giuliani was a terrific mayor. He was a breath of fresh air after the dismal liberal hackery of his predecessor, David Dinkins. Giuliani made the city safer. He was an avid, detail-oriented manager, although he couldn't dent the city's school bureaucracy. He was an inspiring leader when the crisis came. He spoke his mind and did not suffer fools even a tiny bit--but then, creative incivility is part of the job description for a successful mayor of New York. I'm not sure, though...
...Latin America, Father Roy Bourgeois stopped in Cambridge yesterday to spread his message about the need to shut down a military training facility run by the U.S. Army for Latin American soldiers. Bourgeois spoke in Emerson Hall last night of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), its predecessor the School of Americas, and their notoriety for allegedly teaching torture techniques to its students and graduating a number of infamous dictators. Hosted by Harvard College Student Advocates for Human Rights and co-sponsored by The Latino Political Coalition, Bourgeois described his experiences in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam...
...Deval L. Patrick ’78 announced last Friday that he will push to reverse restrictions on stem cell research that were imposed by his predecessor, Mitt Romney. The restrictions—which were drafted by Romney’s aides and adopted last August by the state’s Public Health Council—limited the stem cell lines that Massachusetts researchers were allowed to use.Romney’s critics have argued that the restrictions run counter to the intent of a law passed in 2005 by the state legislature that was intended to promote stem...
...which side of the debate you choose, the fact remains that matza sustained the 12 Tribes of Israel as they fled Pharaoh’s army. Not only was it great as the earliest power-food for very active multitudes—consider running from the Egyptian army the predecessor to the Amazing Race—the matza has survived as the premier kosher-for-Passover sports nutrition. Some have even called our unleavened loaves Rabbi-Grain Power Bars (some meaning me). Once you see what a great venue two matzas make for a truly energizing sandwich, you?...
...Given her reputation as an excellent listener, when that opposition arises, Faust may be able to avoid the antagonistic confrontations with the faculty that plagued her predecessor, Lawrence H. Summers. Listening well, however, is quite different from catering to the various wills of Harvard’s nine faculties and student body. Rather, that ability will hopefully serve her in the way that Bhabha said he expects: “If she takes a view that differs from some aspect of faculty opinion, it will be difficult to say she has not carefully listened to her colleagues...