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...case you didn't infer this from the subtitle, Poisoned Ivy promises a pretty big story. After all, few would believe mere mortals could ruin Harvard Law School. To make even the ivy wither from a monolith of such enormity would require divine intervention at the very least...
...Eleanor Kerlow suggests that the very basis of Harvard Law, namely egos, ideology and power politics, could raze it to its foundations. Ruin, then, becomes a catchy word that legitimates the book-which proves somewhat unfortunate; since the story has appeal and merit without flashy sales tactics. So never mind the sensationalist title; a real story with fascinating insights on Harvard Law emerges from behind the cover's second-rate best-seller...
Just in case anyone was wondering, though, the pillars never crumbled, the ivy never withered and Langdell Hall never collapsed. It would take considerably more than typical political scandals to "ruin" the monolithic Harvard Law School. In fact, money from slums came pouring into support their alma mater in its time of need. Today students remember the series of events, which received a great deal of press at the time, merely as a quickly passing episode. As one Harvard alum and Boston native remarked," sometimes news makes news...
Wolf said Walsh's motive was to prevent financial ruin in 1986 when one of his investments was in jeopardy...
Incoming House Speaker Newt Gingrichmade an effort to be more statesmanlike in an interview aired last night, apologizing for calling the Clinton White House staff a bunch of "McGoverniks" after Election Day and ruin his "enemies of normal people" remark. "The truth is, occasionally, I'm not very smart," Gingrich told Dateline NBC. "I probably need to be 30 percent less pugnacious and 50 less negative." Meanwhile, the first comment's indirect target, former Senator and Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern, responded in a column in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "I fully welcome the scorn of Gingrich. I have...