Word: rethink
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...said, because doubts about the war's progress were growing just when Bush was trying to get out a message of resolve. Reports of Iraqi irregular forces harassing U.S. troops up and down the road to Baghdad--faking surrenders, springing ambushes, firing from commuter buses--had not made him rethink his war. What the President wondered about instead was his message. Why wasn't it getting through? He asked his aides what had become of all the leaflets being dropped on the Iraqi people and the radio messages beamed their way urging them not to fight for a dying regime...
...addition to prevention and treatment, Harvard needs to rethink how it disciplines sexual violence. The Ad Board remains insufficient: the administrators who sit on the board are untrained in dealing with sexual assault cases, making it difficult for them to conduct adequate investigations or recognize subtle symptoms and evidence. Sexual assault cases merit care, knowledge and sensitivity; Harvard needs a body other than the ill-equipped Ad Board to provide these three. A separate board, with expertise and training, would be better able to do justice to cases of sexual violence...
...trend for fall, Milan reigned supreme. Miuccia Prada went back to that prim and proper decade with boatneck coats and dresses, pencil skirts and crocodile bags and gloves. But her coats were made of men's fabrics and her gloves were oversized and fit for gardening - forcing everyone to rethink what ladylike means. Stella McCartney tried the same idea at her Paris show, but with all of the sugar and none of the spice. Futurism At Lagerfeld's Fendi show in Milan, he offered a futuristic look that might have been too much for Barbarella herself. Thigh-high boots...
...deserve renewed thanks. They managed to persuade Kirby to reconsider preregistration before putting it up to a vote. The undergraduate community stands in their debt. In spite of their words, the proposal might well have passed at a full Faculty meeting in April. But they caused Kirby to rethink whether such a vote would be wise...
...need to empower our children, says Allen. "We need to rethink what we've told our kids over the years." "Don't take candy from strangers" is good advice. But in the vast majority of non-family abductions, perpetrators don't fit kids' idea of a "stranger" - they're not necessarily scary or creepy...