Word: salients
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bold claim that he will “end this war” sickeningly ironic. The truth is he will begin one, and a national bloodletting far more intimate and ferocious than anything thus seen in Darfur—or Iraq—will be all but inevitable. The salient question is whether Iraqi humanity or American war fatigue should be privileged in the nation’s foreign policy. Obama seems to think it should be the latter.American citizens should think twice about what will surely befall Iraq if they don’t oppose Senator Obama?...
...Roll vs. Harvard College American Music Association. Why isn’t Meatloaf American enough to be celebrated? 13) Harvard College Spoken Word Society vs. Corcairdhearg. Good thing it’s about Irish dance, because it certainly cannot be spoken. 14) Born in USSR vs. The Harvard Salient. Anyone associated with communism is a prime target for witty banter and biting rhetoric. 15) Harvard Taekwando vs. Harvard Wushu Club. This would actually just be an awesome fight. — Charleton A. Lamb
...against for asking Ryan Phillipe to give his “gayest look” to the camera after discussing the actor’s early role as a young gay man on “One Life to Live.” The event, a pop cultural incident salient and accessible to millions, vocalized a broad consensus that casual jokes based on gay stereotypes are not acceptable...
...time favorite remains Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd’s e-mail to the Harvard Salient in February 2006. After the Salient published the infamous Danish cartoons, Kidd warned the Salient’s editor-in-chief that “some segments of the campus…may become dangerous” in response...
...Those who fear a missile strike on the American mainland from North Korea or Iran - not that either is anywhere close to achieving such capability - the investment in a missile shield, even one whose efficacy is far from clearly established, may seem worthwhile. To those who believe the more salient and insidious threats are those of the type we experienced on 9/11, this shield against a handful of rogue missiles represents an unfortunate diversion of funds that could be used far more effectively to defend...