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...affirmative action. Feminists believe that the fewer conservatives there are at Harvard, the less exclusiveness there will be. Other liberals are not so harsh in their thinking, but they do little to counter feminist intolerance. These liberals are not about to institute affirmative action for conservatives. They let things slide. They do not see that, in our time at least, the diversity John Stuart Mill prized does not come about automatically. The case for affirmative counteraction does not rest so much on the injustice done to conservatives, which liberals take lightly, as on the restoration of Harvard?...
...scores. After Springfield lost to NYU, Harvard seemed to be back in the race for the Hay Division title.But the Crimson’s winning streak was short-lived, as a 3-0 loss to St. Ambrose set it back yet again. Harvard continued its downward slide against Springfield, Mount Olive, and MIT. With the loss to Springfield and only three more games to go, the Crimson effectively eliminated itself from playoff consideration.“It was a little bit of a disappointing loss, obviously, because they’re the first place team in [the] conference, and this...
...field hockey team, a promising start to the 2007 campaign did not last, as the Crimson squandered a 3-0 Ivy League start by dropping three of its final four Ancient Eight contests. Despite controlling its own destiny midway through the year, Harvard could not reverse a late-season slide that left the team tied for fourth place. Though the season-ending 2-1 loss at Columbia dashed the team’s hopes of finishing as high as second in the Ivies, the players feel confident that the team is on an upward trajectory. The late-fall fade represented...
...also took a conciliatory tone, saying he was "very pained" by his decision. But after weeks of talks, including a crisis meeting between the two men in London over the weekend, the issue is unlikely to be resolved, and there is a real chance that the two parties will slide back into the destructive merry-go-round of power swapping and political mudslinging that predominated in the 1980s and '90s. And, of course, if the PPP finds itself unable to work with Sharif's party, it could always seek a new deal with the opposition, which comprises Musharraf...
...just with Alzheimer's: the hippocampus also goes at least somewhat awry in normal memory loss. "It's relatively stable in volume till about 60," Harvard neuroscientist Randy Buckner explains, "and then begins to change. People with Alzheimer's disease, though--they slide off the cliff...