Word: preservationism
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The conventional wisdom is that Jewett will move toward full randomization of the housing lottery process in defiance of the opinions of the vast majority of students. The Harvard Independent's recent poll found over 80 percent of students in favor of some choice in the housing lottery compared to...
If they agree on nothing else, Big Government liberals and conservative devolutionists view national security and the preservation of domestic order as Washington's two primary roles. There is also a third and equally important federal function on which any public figure can help instruct Americans: the role of civil...
Then again, you never know. Older `old times' at the Union were quite different from our `old times,' and not always worth preservation. Once the Varsity Club, it was "intended as the poor-man's club," says Buckley. "All the rich kids had their own places to be." In trying...
Our report on flooding along the Pajaro River [CALIFORNIA, March 27] stated that the residents blamed the preservation of the habitat of the endangered Santa Cruz long-toed salamander for preventing local officials from improving water flow. There is, however, no evidence that this salamander is even in theriver, and...
Yet Marion ("Sandy") Sanford, a respected and putatively neutral Austin lobbyist, says, "This is not the N.R.A,; this is spontaneous combustion"--fueled by the same dread that has stoked the success of death-penalty campaigns and "Three strikes and you're in." The desire for self-preservation in the face...