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...stop developing such warheads. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he believed Pyongyang had a "small number" of nukes. But North Korea has not admitted to making one. The U.S. called on the Kim Jong Il regime "to eliminate its nuclear-weapons program in a verifiable manner," but didn't spell out what would happen if it refused. Bush must be wondering when these rogues are going to learn not to mess with Texas. U.S. Congress Giveth, Chirac Taketh Away Just when George W. Bush thought he had that pesky Iraqi dictator in his sights, along came the French...
Angered by a prolonged spell of spineless—or, often, non-existent—opposition in Washington to the Bush Administration, Frank Rich ’71 thundered in his New York Times column last Saturday morning: “Do the Democrats stand for anything other than the next election?” His question was clearly intended to convey scorn for the shallow pragmatism that underpins so many of the party’s current tactics. Yet, had Rich posed the question to the budding politicos at his alma mater, the leadership of the Harvard College Democrats...
...children’s literature charts and spawned 131 titles, board games, a feature film and innumerable postcards and lunchboxes. During its reign, it created a mammoth tribe of devotees, now teens and twenty-somethings whose literary foundation was made of square building blocks, shaded in black, that together spell...
...them in closer. Watson’s fluid prose and ample descriptions build the story into something wonderful, despite its flaws. Without the forced integration of elements of magic, it would certainly be a more magical book. However, even just as it is, The Heaven of Mercury casts a spell...
...placid skies on Sunday afternoon belie the fevered pitch in Quincy House Courtyard as two titans of the tiles met to see which Harvard student can best spell long and/or obscure words out of tiny white squares. A stoic Thomas, clad in a blue-and-gray shirt and khakis, shakes hands with a fidgety Washkowitz. Drawing letters from the bag to determine who goes first, Washkowitz wins. Shifting in his seat, he squints in the sunlight and scrutinizes his rack, placing VOID on the board. Thomas quickly counters with MAT, using the “A” to morph...