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Donald says he hopes We Are Lincoln Men will prompt his readers to be more self-reflective. “We can better define ourselves in learning what other people do or don’t do,” he says. “Friendship was a problem for Lincoln; maybe it’s a problem in my own life.” In fact, Donald says that he identifies with Lincoln because, like Lincoln, he lacked close childhood friendships...

Author: By Marie E. Burks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Book Looks to Lincoln’s Friends | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

...incidents may not be a direct result of the ban, it was clear at least that the risk of alcohol poisoning had certainly not been reduced. Many students had argued that the ban was in fact especially counterproductive in that—for economic reasons—it would prompt many tailgaters to purchase hard liquor instead. The resulting effect would be increased consumption of hard liquor among students—not, as Lewis had argued, a benign switch from keg beer to canned beer. The unfortunate outcome in 2002 proved that Lewis’ logic was flawed...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Reverse the Keg Ban | 11/5/2004 | See Source »

...last Iraqi interviews took place on Sept. 20, and the completed study went to the Lancet on Oct. 1 and on to peer review - a fast turnaround for scientific work. Roberts concedes that he wanted the study released before the U.S. election and had hoped to prompt candidate commitments to protect civilian lives: "That is what we'd most like, and that was our goal in getting this out." In Iraq, meanwhile, it was business at usual: at least seven people died in a Baghdad car-bomb blast on Saturday, and the hostage ranks continued to swell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Many Have Died? | 10/31/2004 | See Source »

Rebecca L. Zeidel ’06 was so concerned with her ballot’s prompt arrival that she tracked it all the way from Cambridge to Pittsburgh. It arrived Wednesday...

Author: By Faryl Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Absentee Voters Hit Roadblocks | 10/26/2004 | See Source »

...Sistani has forced the U.S. to abandon many of its designs for Iraq's future. When Washington laid out a lengthy timetable for returning Iraq to self-rule, Sistani's objections forced the Bush Administration to deliver a swift handover instead. He has been uncompromising in his call for prompt elections and in his determination that Iraqis write their own constitution. When the U.S. proposed a complex caucus system for voting, Sistani responded by putting 100,000 peaceful demonstrators into the streets to support his call for national one-man, one-vote elections by January 2005. With a word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Shadow Ruler | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

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