Word: sagas
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Forging a new legal framework for the greatly expanded European Union has been a six-year saga with plenty of woe. It finally reached a provisional end on Friday in Lisbon, when leaders of the 27 member states agreed to sign a new document that replaces the "constitution" that French and Dutch voters roundly rejected...
...document did get signed, but that doesn't mean the saga is over for good. If the treaty is to take effect in 2009, it's got to be ratified by all member states. And in at least one country, Ireland - and possibly in several others - the new treaty will be put to a public vote via a referendum...
...silent epidemic” of violent games among vulnerable children. The senator, of all people, should know that the deplorable state of children’s healthcare is a far more serious problem when it comes to protecting kids. But, most of all, the whole saga speaks to the laziness of D.C. politicking. Censoring video games is an easy way to score sound bytes that seem meaningful, but are ultimately fruitless.But I suppose it’s much easier to protect children from the virtual world than from real issues.Jessica C. Coggins ’08, a Crimson arts editor...
...refusal to communicate openly with students and UC representatives is not only alarming but also paradigmatic of a caustic and imperious attitude towards students that has recently come to grip University Hall.Though the UC and University Hall had been in dialogue since last term regarding the party grants, the saga began in earnest over the summer. In July and August, the deans in University Hall contacted the UC leadership to raise concerns that the UC Party Fund, which provides $1,750 per week in funding to support parties open to all undergraduates, was being used to fund alcohol purchases...
...them went to Lowell House. But one was sent across the Charles River after a bell expert determined that two of them were too close in tone to be sounded at the same time. Yesterday’s ceremony marked another chapter in the decades-long saga to send the bells home and to commission and cast replacements for Harvard. The Business School’s new bell, which was dubbed the Centennial Bell in honor of the school’s 100th anniversary next year, rang in its new home for the first time. A half-size replica...