Word: responding
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...Besides the problems this poses for thesis writers and others who need access to Harvard’s extensive collections on weekends, closing the libraries on Saturdays is exactly the opposite of how Harvard should respond to the crisis. We are going to be out in the real world dealing with the challenges of the economy in a year or two. Instead of taking away one seventh of our access to the treasures of the Harvard library system—the largest academic library in the world—Harvard should be shoving us through those imposing Widener doors. There...
...That reality was on show during the French President's Iraq visit. Maliki used Sarkozy's presence and words of support to respond to comments by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that Washington would be "more aggressive" in demanding political reform from Baghdad. Delivered as Biden left for an international security summit in Munich, the sentiment apparently annoyed the Iraqi Prime Minister. "The time for putting pressure on Iraq is over," Maliki said during a Baghdad press conference with Sarkozy. That must be music to Old Europe's ears...
...think we could respond better this weekend,” senior Drew Housman said. “We kind of crumbled once the crowd got into it. Our freshman got their first real experience last weekend...
...statement of international sanity had a curious effect on its audience: stunned silence, as the assembled Europeans and Russians were confronted with a terrifying new reality. They were out of excuses, especially our NATO allies. If the U.S. was done with thoughtless bellicosity, the peaceable Euros might have to respond more substantively to our requests for them to live up to their pledges in Afghanistan. This seemed the underlying tension in Munich - the split between countries whose troops actually fight in Afghanistan and those whose troops do not. It is a breach to watch, one that could cripple the alliance...
...booked, which again allowed for sufficient connection time in Atlanta. Unfortunately, the same automated system that moved the family to the earlier flight failed to move them back to their original flight. A rep for AirTran says "there really is no answer" as to why the system didn't respond...