Word: resorted
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Editors often resort to "filler" to fill the page--literally. Even with the new layout, a longer paper and more advertisements in the fall season means that "filler" is often necessary to preserve the continuity of the page. Classic "filler" usually takes the form of messages from The Crimson. Boxes that say "Your Ad Here," or "Got a hot news tip?" are blatant filler. Reuters news photos are a welcome alternative to this, but should still be used as little as possible. However, rather than analyze the intent of Crimson editors in page layout, I'd like to extend...
Marv's plea was less an admission of wrong-doing than the last resort of a man who had been subjected to an unnecessary parade of humiliations. His accuser, a woman who previously had been convicted of harassing and threatening to kill an ex-boyfriend, was permitted to remain shielded in anonymity while the intimate details of Marv's personal life were plastered across the headlines. It is certainly a noble goal to protect the victims of sexual assault from mistreatment in the courtroom, but why should Marv's past conduct have been subject to the closest scrutiny, while Perhach...
...embrace Hamas, the group responsible for the Ben Yehuda bombing, and other firebrands, because his life is at stake. The Palestinian populace has rejected him and his inept internal policies. Arafat was once a hero to the average Palestinian, but no longer. Lacking ballots, the frustrated populace may resort to bullets. Arafat knows this, and his reaction has been to sacrifice everything the Palestinian movement has achieved to save his own skin. Unless Albright and her experts act on these facts, no peace will come to the Middle East. HARRY A. SAMIR Plymouth, Mass. When will Benjamin Netanyahu realize that...
...well above the national average, and the invisible damage to the psyche of people who must run towards mortal danger on a daily basis, under the restraint of a myriad of rules stacked against them, is immeasurable. These considerations do not excuse those who break under the pressure and resort to illegal cruelty, but they should inform our reaction to such episodes with a greater sensitivity to their complexities...
...which in turn encouraged Soros to increase his investment; it totals around $250 million. Flush with cash, IRSA has been on a buying spree, investing in everything from a $50 million sports complex to major office buildings to $450 million worth of swank shopping malls. In the posh ski resort of San Carlos de Bariloche in the Andes, IRSA joined with Citicorp to buy the deluxe Hotel Llao Llao, with its spectacular view of Argentina's lake country...