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...Darkie Day revels in Padstow, Cornwall (think merry English minstrels in blackface) all defy the march of time and political correctness in the name of tradition - with a bottle or two under its belt. And without Dutch courage, who would be daft enough to launch themselves down a 70? slope over 230 m in pursuit of a wheel of cheese? It's a small miracle that none of the scores of locals who have been taking part each May at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire has been killed. But broken collarbones and crushed vertebrae are painfully common, and cave-rescue...
...draw that distinction,” she said. “The powers wielded by the Harvard University Police Department are just like those of any other police officers, and to draw that line based on where their paycheck comes from seems to me to be a slippery slope...
Kidd said she was worried about a “slippery slope if we ask something not to be published,” adding that censoring nude photographs in a student publication might not be legal...
...this nightmarish scenario suggests, we are relieved that the Supreme Court in fact ruled in favor of Washington state last Thursday, denying that the state should have to fund theology majors at religious colleges. The Court has avoided the slippery slope for now. Thankfully, the seven justices in the majority maintained religious choice for all students...
...they don’t want to invest in their liberal arts education; rather, it’s that many tend to think Harvard’s $19 billion endowment should do more to subsidize the cost of student tickets. But, of course, that’s a slippery slope. Start by funding the arts, and you might soon find students demanding to do away with the extremely reasonable fees for ordering transcripts from the registrar. Two-dollar copies, anyone...