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Arma virumque cano: Recitations of Select Greek and Latin Classics Memorial Church: Appleton Chapel...
...generally broke down along familiar lines: State, CIA, and NSC favored a more inclusive and transparent approach, in which Iraqis representing the many tribes, sects, and interest groups in the country would be brought together to consult and put together some sort of rough constituent assembly that might then select an advisory council and a group of ministers to govern the country...
...divide is deeper and more troubling. Back in January, the newly elected Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), when unveiling a Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming—named in the spirit of bipartisanship, no doubt—gave it this benediction: “The science of global warming and its impact is overwhelming and unequivocal.” But then last Wednesday at the committee’s inaugural meeting, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the ranking Republican, countered: “One area where there is no scientific consensus…is the effects...
...unlike other chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard uses more than just GPA to select new members from the nominees. Each candidate must get two faculty recommendations, which weigh heavily in the committee’s decision. Coakley said that the committee also looks at course load difficulty and achievement in academic areas outside their concentration...
Media has always keenly quoted Thomas Jefferson: “If I had to make a choice, to choose the government without the press or to have the press but without the government, I will select the latter without hesitation...