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...basic problem is a growing mutual incomprehension, like a middle-aged married couple losing touch with why they used to love each other. One American diplomat calls it a "tectonic shift" of values and expectations. Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform in London, says that "the security threats applying to each side of the Atlantic are increasingly varied, and not of high salience to the other. The Americans worry about missiles raining down from rogue states. The European governing classes worry about the mess they made of the Balkans in the '90s and want to do better...
...What is Harvard planning to do to reform the Administrative Board? Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz once said that calling the Ad Board a "kangaroo court" would be an insult to kangaroos. The Ad Board is not properly constituted to deal with serious cases that belong in the courts. Why are students are not allowed independent representation, especially in a system that is so highly secretive and difficult for students to navigate...
...that's right. What a talk--I especially liked his vocabulary and metaphors. And he's just so open to reform and innovation for your school! So who's your favorite professor this semester? You're taking a class with the one making the grade-inflation stink, right? Is he any good...
...Then, calling the President's tax plan "deeply unfair" to everyone but the wealthiest Americans, Daschle fired a warning shot at Bush's budget priorities. "When we disagree with the President, as we do on issues like Medicare and Social Security reform, we'll fight - and we'll fight hard...
...Sitting stiffly in high-backed chairs in a formal drawing room, the Democrats looked like they were introducing an unappetizing episode of "Masterpiece Theatre" in which the heroes rush in armed with calculators to save their people from the ravages of indiscriminate tax reform...