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...serve this nation is not to compensate handsomely for blunders after the fact, but to preempt such blunders in the first place. This requires a level of imagination and foresight that September 11 exposed as sorely missing from our government, and, as Hurricane Katrina showed, is still missing today. The biggest problems that now face America aren’t of the textbook variety: enemies do not identify themselves with bright red uniforms, nor do natural catastrophes necessarily obey rules of prediction. Until the administration chooses to confront this truth, it condemns itself to the same pattern of complacency, negligence...
...administration-TF relationship at Harvard has not deteriorated yet. But if the environments at our peer institutions are any indication, things have the potential to get much worse. For the good of undergrads and graduates alike, Harvard and other universities must preempt conflict and improve the lots of Teaching Fellows. Their role in our education is, somewhat regrettably, only growing, and so the recognition they receive must as well...
Instead of allowing graduate students to unionize, we believe that universities should be more responsive to their legitimate grievances and co-opt some of their suggestions—including a set pay scale that is merit-based and no compulsory teaching for financial aid—to preempt calls for unionization. This solution will improve the plight of graduate students, which will improve sections independently, and allow universities to create a system that best serves the needs of undergraduate education...
Peter T. Elikann, a Boston-based defense attorney, said in an interview that prosecutors could use Colono’s relatives to “humanize” him for the jury and preempt any attempts by the defense to paint the victim in a negative light. The defense has already pointed out Colono’s juvenile record and criminal charges of drug possession...
...still in its larval stage.) The senator from Massachusetts should offer a positive alternative to Bush’s-head-up-his-arsenal obliviousness with an agenda that faces our responsibility to future generations. The best place to start would be to launch a Global War on Poverty to preempt the security threats of the 21st century...