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...polite window dressing? No, says Carney: The Republicans came to the session with ?a level of honesty because they have only a slim majority in the new Congress.? GOP leaders know they are in no position to take bold steps and that they cannot afford to get into a major confrontation with the President or his party at this time. For the Democrats at the session, the major objective was to take measure of new House Speaker Dennis Hastert. By all accounts, says Carney, the impression he made was one of ?graciousness and non-confrontation.? Both sides seemed to come...
Administrators argue that while dismissal might be considered lifetime imprisonment (but apparently with the slim possibility of parole a.k.a. readmission), expulsion is the equivalent of the death penalty, and they indicate their reluctance to take such final action. We appreciate the somberness with which they approach removing students for good, but again we ask, if not rape, what does it take? Moreover, devastating as it may be to lose one's status as a student of Harvard College, it is not equivalent to being sent to the gas chamber. Life will go on, just not with Harvard's stamp...
...different parts of the table hoping the roulette wheel will award us with a winner. Maybe one of these possibilities can come true, we say as we toss some names to the lovedocs at Datesite. If I receive a Datesite message, the odds of guessing your intentions are slim. Maybe I think that you put me because you thought I put you because I thought...
...that drugs derived from platinum and used to treat ovarian cancer--the cornerstone of today's treatment--may quadruple a woman's risk of developing leukemia. That's not to say that chemotherapy should be avoided. The odds that an ovarian cancer patient will develop leukemia are still quite slim: only 71 among 10,000 women taking the highest doses for the longest periods became ill with leukemia...
...slim pickings in ancient history are also related to the recent departure of Faculty who had taught in both the Classics and History Departments...