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...book challenges the claim, made in Bob Woodward's book Plan of Attack, that CIA chief George Tenet told Bush in late 2002 that the case that Saddam had WMD was a "slam-dunk." That phrase has hung like a noose around Tenet ever since and been widely derided as perhaps the most notorious, and erroneous, claim to justify the invasion of Iraq. Tenet, Suskind says, was stunned to read what he had purportedly told the President when he saw an excerpt from the book in the Washington Post in April 2004. While the President wasn't quoted...
Second, if the Red Sox and the Yankees were scoreless until Manny Ramirez hit a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth, you can be sure that Boston fans would remember it as the best game of the season. Memories are dominated by their most powerful--and not their most typical--instances. Just as a glorious game-winning homer can erase our memory of 812 dull innings, the sublime moment when our 3-year-old looks up from the mess she is making with her mashed potatoes and says, "I wub you, Daddy," can erase eight hours...
...breakthrough in glowing terms. “In a marathon session yesterday, Local 26 Dining Hall Workers won the best contract in the history of our union at Harvard University!” he wrote. Amanda L. Shapiro ’08, a leader of Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM), which collected over 1,300 signatures last month in a campaign on behalf of dining hall workers, said the group had expected more resistance from the University and had not anticipated a deal to be reached until June 19. The group’s chief demand—that workers...
...sigh into being a barista at a hometown Starbucks, many of the people who provide meals for us every day wonder how they’ll feed their own families come June. This is one of the many concerns of the Student Labor Action Movement’s (SLAM) latest campaign to improve the lot of Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) workers in light of next month’s contract negotiation—a campaign that we wholeheartedly endorse...
...members of a network of people that makes Harvard run. Students see dining hall workers far more frequently than even our professors, and they’re certainly easier to snag for a quick chat or a cup of coffee. The 1,200 comment cards collected by SLAM over the past week is a testament to the vital role that dining hall workers play in the lives of students...