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...whereas the American and Israeli frustration with Arafat grew out of his failure to deliver on promises, Abbas, lacking his predecessor's stature and being a more cautious and consultative sort, will more likely refrain in the first place from making promises on which he can't deliver. Nor to compromise on the Palestinian national consensus without consultation. It'll be a lot harder for Israel and the U.S. to strike a political deal with a democratically accountable Palestinian leader than with an authoritarian national symbol such as Arafat - although if they do eventually reach a deal, it might...
...without abandoning their true political views. But the number of cases of biased grading practices on account of political leanings is surely less severe than the problem of teaching fellow ignorance or poorly worded exams. Until cases of the persecution of conservatives appear on its campus, a college should refrain from exerting undue influence on a professor’s right to free and open expression...
...drawing pretty pictures as opposed to casting a vote), the electronic system refuses to accept any form that has not been completed properly. Any attempt to submit a blank ballot is met by an insensitive JavaScript dialog box, which ungraciously informs the would-be abstainer that his effort to refrain from voting is not well-taken. With no way of simultaneously casting a ballot and abstaining from a decision, voters who cannot make a decision on next year’s council leaders are left with only one option: not voting. The current state of the council?...
Among the prosecution’s witnesses, prominent development expert Jeffrey D. Sachs ’76, former director of HIID, is likely to testify that all advisers to the Russia project, including Shleifer, were expected “to refrain from investments in the countries to which they were being funded to provide advice,” according to a motion filed with the court...
...fully fund needy HoCos, dramatically increase Student Group funding, and finally provide the campus with big name concert acts, such as the recent Bob Dylan concert. Despite it being time for Council Presidential elections, let’s give credit where credit is due and refrain from disingenuous political posturing that, in the end, only serves to misinform students about the Council’s actions and prevent meaningful debate on how it can continue to serve students...