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...happen," he says. "If the federal government, which is the only entity that has the resources we need to fix the problems that we have - if they swiftly and effectively begin to address the issues of housing and joblessness and lack of health care, it would pull the rug out from under racial resentment. People would not feel abandoned, and they wouldn't feel as if they had to turn to extreme politics to achieve their ends, both blacks and whites...
...Designed like a sandbag fortress rising over a garden of inert land mines, armored vehicles and the occasional palm tree, the museum contains a display of Hizballah weapons and tactics, including the scale recreation of a front-line bunker, complete with computer workstation, prayer rug and dish rack. Throw in a lava lamp and it could be a college dorm room...
...shouldn’t be sweeping these confusions under the rug just to be sure we vote something this spring,” Harry R. Lewis ’68, former dean of the College, told professors in the May 15 Faculty meeting...
Struggling to regain its edge in the playoff race, the team hit the road hoping for success against NYU and eventual Hay Division champion NJIT. But its powerful opponents swept Harvard under the rug, knocking the Crimson out of contention for postseason competition...
...media attention and community support that got it to end so quickly.” Provost said that while she was pleased with the dismissal of the case, she hopes that it will not sweep issues of free speech and civil liberties on campus under the rug. “I’m afraid that our treatment by the police has and will intimidate people from peaceful protest,” she said. Provost and Gould-Wartofsky both said that Harvard should issue a public apology, which did not appear in the May 1 statement. “Harvard...