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...McKibben, a former president of The Harvard Crimson, to put aside his 20-year career as a prolific journalist and author. Writing, he said, is “too slow” to effect change, while talks and large-scale events have greater potential to both “spark?? citizens to participate and pressure politicians to act.In the spring, McKibben spearheaded 1,400 simultaneous demonstrations across the country advocating that the new White House commit to an 80 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050—a promise that President-Elect Barack Obama reaffirmed...
Through its first four games, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team searched for a spark??and a win—to ignite its season...
Through its first four games, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team searched for a spark??and a win—to ignite a season spent at the bottom of the Ivy League standings...
...line, we saw the purest of intentions acting when Crimson coach Tim Murphy sent O’Hagan, fresh off serving a five-game suspension for an undisclosed discretion, into Harvard’s Week 6 game against Princeton. It was to provide “a spark?? and a different dimension to the offense, Murphy said.And even when a coach makes the change for the right reasons, as far as I’m concerned, there’s a better than average chance that it won’t pay off. Case in point: the Crimson...
This hesistance is the primary reason why the current situation in Hungary is important. Not because its rioting will prove a “spark?? that will lead to some sort of generalized European civil disorder a la 1848, or even because Hungary itself is that critical of a place, but because it is a perfect illustration of the dangers of shortsighted political leadership. Prime Minister Gyurcsány seems hell-bent on staying in power despite losing 18 of 19 counties and 15 of 23 cities in the just-completed local elections, and despite President Laszlo Solyom?...