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...Capp ‘06 or Tracy “Ty” Moore II ’06 and Ian W. Nichols ’06—that can win this election and Harvard undergrads have a choice: do we want a strong student voice or a silent seat at the table? Do we want leadership capable of effecting change, or talking heads who have yet to learn how the College works? We need Matt and Clay...
...university, those who do not are essentially banished from paradise. Travelers visiting Harvard are stopped at the main entrance—at most, they illicitly take photographs before being chased away by the library staff. The stacks, the reading rooms, the Sargent frescos and even the uncannily silent Harry Widener memorial are all out of their reach. What is worse, even many members of our clerical staff are excluded from using the libraries. Yet decisions about how to present such a central part of the university speak eloquently about how we relate our work to the surrounding community...
...million parade ring with a retractable roof, which opened in November, and a giant outdoor TV screen at the Sha Tin track. And the racing has never been better. In the mid-1990s, Hong Kong-trained horses were barely recognized in international competitions; last season, Hong Kong's own Silent Witness was the world's top-rated sprinter...
Insurgents, be afraid. An armed, unmanned ground vehicle that never gets tired, hungry or scared is headed your way. The Sword has night and thermal vision, four cameras and a 7.62-mm machine gun. It can climb stairs and is utterly silent--until it opens fire. A live video feed enables its "driver" to operate the vehicle from up to 1 mile away. The U.S. Army has ordered 18 to deploy in Iraq...
...more than 200 G.O.P. lawmakers argued for four hours over a proposal by Texas Representative Henry Bonilla, a DeLay loyalist, to do away with an 11-year-old party rule requiring leaders to relinquish their posts if indicted. DeLay, who stood in the back of the room and remained silent, insists he didn't orchestrate the change. Under the new rules, the party's steering committee will review an indictment and recommend whether the accused should step aside, and then all House Republicans will decide...