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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Ronald Reagan imposes a 49% tariff on Japanese motorcycles at the request of Harley-Davidson. Three years later, Harley says it is no longer needed, and Reagan repeals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...sophomore year, as vice-chair of the College Events Board, I was lucky enough to chaperone the swanky formal at the Charles Hotel, where freshmen enjoyed an open bar of soft drinks and bottled water. Unfortunately for fun at Harvard, the Fun Czar at the time forgot to request that, at a certain point, the bartenders serve tap water instead of bottled water as had been done historically. Consequently, the Fun Czar herself admitted that the tab for bottled water alone neared half of the original budget for the event and accounted for a significant portion of the social programming...

Author: By Benjamin P. Schwartz | Title: A “Czarry” Excuse for Fun | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

Hillel Associate Director Michael Simon said he was contacted by KBS this summer. “This was an unusual request, so we were intrigued,” he said.  He was even more impressed when he realized that the intern who called him had stayed up until 2 a.m. in Korea in order to be able to call him at a reasonable time in America...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer | Title: Now Showing on Korean TV: Harvard Hillel | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

...Massachusetts Senate approved a bill Wednesday to authorize Patrick to appoint a temporary replacement, in accordance with Kennedy’s request that the legislature change the law to permit Patrick to select an interim Senator in the event of his death, until a special election could be held...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Paul Kirk Named To Kennedy Seat | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

...biggest foreign policy problem Obama faces is Afghanistan. Indeed, it is an issue that has divided his foreign policy team for the first time. I'm told the Secretaries of both State and Defense and National Security Adviser Jim Jones warily favor the military's request for more troops. But Vice President Joe Biden and, perhaps, the President remain skeptics - and rightly so, since any military policy depends on whether the Afghan government can regain some credibility after the flagrantly corrupt August elections. If Hamid Karzai limps into a second term but does not make some major reforms - like removing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Foreign Policy Needs a Domestic Boost | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

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