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It’s far more of a problem than was apparent when he was selected last spring. At the time, I rejoiced to find out that students were among the first people the new president consulted. Now, months later, student criticism is an easy and constant refrain. Even his staunchest defenders would be hard-pressed to deny that Summers, earnest as he may be, just comes off badly. This gives his critics an excuse to say that he isn’t engaging them. Luis Hernandez said, “He was saying...
...Americans have to do all the heavy lifting? That's the refrain of every U.S. policymaker, wondering why the rest of the world seems to be waiting for the U.S. economy to pull it out of a downturn. And the sentiment is shared by American corporations, which would just love to find a growing international market for their products. But Western Europe continues to disappoint, and Japan's recession seems endless. What's an exporter...
...audience laughed and applauded as the performers, clad in orange—the school color of Princeton, where West will teach next year—sang and rapped revised lyrics to the song, including the refrain, “Summers, Summers time, time to get those darkies back in line...
...11pm. Although you are quite courteous about becoming quiet after I call you, I shouldn’t need to call you to ask you to be quiet with this frequency. Often I call after you have awakened me. I would greatly appreciate it if you would refrain from the following activities during quiet hours; yelling, especially yelling “fuck” repeatedly and loudly, singing loudly, rythmically tapping/kicking my wall and playing music. These are all activities that have happened within the last hour. I am not the only one who is bothered by your noise...
...understood his actions in terms of Israel's need to defend itself. Emboldened by support from Bush administration hawks for his efforts to take Arafat out of the political equation - and by the mounting domestic political pressure on President Bush to ease up on the Israeli leader and refrain from pressing him to negotiate with his Palestinian counterpart - Sharon told the U.S. he'd withdraw on his own time, and on his own terms...