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...traditions of the many hallowed institutions that make up Harvard are more important than the students who comprise these institutions. A professor of mine told me that he believed whenever anyone at Harvard feels any sort of threat from change, he or she (usually he) hides behind the safeguard of tradition. Students can't stand taking final exams after winter recess? All-male, exclusive Final Clubs are unfair and stupid? Sorry, it's tradition...
...Breyer praised the Constitution as a "self-repairing mechanism." He said that although flaws might be present in the judicial system, the Constitution has often acted as a safeguard...
Rubin's priority is seeking a balanced federal budget by 2002. To reach that goal, the White House must compromise with Congress while protecting such Clinton promises as education incentives and measures to safeguard the environment. Along the way, Rubin will have to fend off the Republican opposition's shibboleth: a proposed constitutional amendment to mandate a permanently balanced budget. The idea, which enjoys support among a smattering of Democrats, is opposed not only by Rubin and the President but also by Greenspan. They point to the rigidity of the notion in the event of an economic downturn, and argue...
TIPS promise a twofold benefit: first, to safeguard investors' principal against the ravages of rising prices; second, to cut the cost of financing America's $4 trillion national debt. Wall Street too is happy: bond dealers get a new plaything in the bargain. Gushes Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers: "This is a win-win idea: better for citizens, better for government, better for financial markets...
...drugs, gangs, etc.--abound. But in Quincy, the antibody piercing brou-ha-ha seems like nothing more than a witch hunt. Miller's store is clean, he's experienced, and his services aren't even unique. Yet the good citizens of Quincy seem convinced that the only way to safeguard their children is to ride Miller out of town on a rail. They don't seem to realize that if their children want to get pierced, they'll get pierced, and the only way to stop them is to sit them down and talk. But of course, finding a scapegoat...