Word: slating
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...don’t have the ability to do that [in the United States] because we’re not starting with a clean slate,” says Mills. “But there is just as much a need to redevelop here...
...which, Obama's advisers should tell him, is beside the point. As Andres Martinez points out in an essay in Slate, Mexico and the U.S. are "fortunate to border each other." The 2,000-mile-long frontier between the two nations - each with very different economic histories, traditions and standards of living - is remarkably peaceful, and has been for more than a century and a half. O.K., the U.S.-Mexico border is not Scandinavian-placid like the 49th parallel, but by comparison with pairs seen elsewhere in the world, Mexico and the U.S. are pretty good neighbors...
...strong language used by Obama struck some observers as the sort of black-and-white rhetoric he usually avoids - and that his predecessor had embraced. Many Catholics, including New York Times columnist Peter Steinfels, embraced the critique leveled by Slate writer William Saletan (a non-Catholic). "Proponents of embryo research are insisting that because we're in a life-and-death struggle - in this case, a scientific struggle - anyone who impedes that struggle by renouncing effective tools is irrational and irresponsible," wrote Saletan. "The war on disease is like the war on terror. Either you're with science...
...together a longer stretch of shutout ball as a starter.The southpaw Klees also threw effectively over two innings—limiting Bryant to just a run while fanning three batters—but Harvard knows that such efforts will prove more important during a four-game weekend slate against Yale.The Crimson hosts its Ivy League foe for consecutive double headers on Saturday and Sunday—significant games in the tight Rolfe Division.“We’re looking forward to [the matchup],” Douglas said. “Obviously there’s a rivalry...
Yesterday’s game against non-conference foe Holy Cross gave Harvard baseball a chance to hone its game before a critical weekend slate of Ivy contests...