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...Core Committee) elect a dictator (think successful administrator) with a specific agenda (think Core reform) and a rigid timetable. Paradoxically, in order to preserve the Republic’s freedom, the republican principles of plural collegiality and responsibility needed to be abandoned. By most accounts, the system succeeded in saving the Republic from external invaders and internal rebellions alike. According to legend, Cincinnatus was plowing his field when called to dictatorship, an activity that he blissfully resumed after having saved the Republic. In view of our current bureaucratic standstill, I venture that this is the path Harvard should take. Interim...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri, | Title: Calling for a Roman Dictator | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

...apparent lack of focus, Harvard still appeared the superior team for nearly the whole game. On the day, the Crimson posted 24 shots and held a 9-1 advantage in corner kicks, but Crusader goalkeeper Jessica Stone stood strong against Harvard’s offensive onslaught to record fourteen saves. In the opening frame, the Crimson controlled play and rarely allowed pressure into its own half. But after a seemingly endless number of near-misses and unlucky breaks, Harvard found itself in a scoreless match at the break. “The focus wasn’t there today...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Final Seconds Usher in Defeat | 10/18/2006 | See Source »

...metals encourages the environmentally destructive mining process needed to extract them. Add one more category of people whom the penny hurts: those who’ve ever stood in line. A study has shown that making change with pennies adds three seconds to every cash transaction. Penny elimination would save us all time and help us avoid that one customer who insists on paying with exact change, earning stares as dirty as his currency. On the other side of this particular coin, however, is that sole, intangible, conclusive argument against abolition—the poor penny is a beloved American...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich, | Title: The Penny Pinch | 10/18/2006 | See Source »

...electro-tinged refrain on the opening track. From there, the likes of Snow Patrol, the Flaming Lips, Jonathan Richman, the Kooks, Ivor Cutler and the Divine Comedy tackle subjects from mud and astronauts to Pooh Bear and bunions. All proceeds from the just-released album go to Save the Children's campaign that funds children's education in global conflict zones. But what do the experts think? maggie Age: 23 months "Shoes, shoes, shoes" Maggie chants while doing a rhythmic yet fit-like dance and points to her feet during Half Man Half Biscuit's David Wainwright's Feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Cool For School | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

...signal when a traveler isn't near the border crossing; DHS could also program the number to constantly change to make it harder to match. Kraninger, for her part, is betting millions of Americans won't mind having a government-issued radio transmitter in their pockets if it'll save time at the border. Hundreds of thousands of Americans use the same technology every day in their cars to drive through the fast lanes at tollbooths. "It's the same risk people use in other contexts," she says, "like the use of an EZpass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EZPass for the Border | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

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