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...reciprocity. However, if the bills have failed to reduce corruption, which is easier to study and identify, how likely is it that they have significantly clamped down on means of influence that are harder to pin down? Especially given the amount of effort campaigns and their donors have spent finding loopholes in even the most comprehensive campaign finance reforms, it is not unreasonable to conclude that merely limiting the influx of cash does not stop it from dominating the process...
...should not take Souter’s appearance for granted. Last year’s commencement speakers at other Cambridge and Boston-area colleges included Arthur creator Marc Brown at Lesley College, former Wellesley College President Diana Chapman Walsh at Cambridge College, and actor Blair Underwood—who spent a week at Harvard as an Office for the Arts artist in residence earlier this year—at Emerson College. These speakers are undoubtedly worthy choices, but they do not have the cache of the University’s recent speakers, and it would be ungrateful...
...tournament was riddled with delays throughout the weekend for the eight teams, including seven Ivy League schools. Harvard’s matches were delayed by over two hours on each of the first two days, and an additional hour against Princeton. The team spent over 20 hours in the Murr Center over the weekend...
...That's not the only historical parallel that Democrats are pondering these days. Reid is one of the most vulnerable incumbents up for re-election, and the last time a Democratic majority leader was staring down the barrel of incredibly bad poll numbers, South Dakota's Tom Daschle spent much of 2004 frozen like a deer in the headlights before losing. Reid, by contrast, has taken the lead on everything from health care to the jobs bill, but the scattershot processes he has overseen have only hurt his standing in his home state...
...Still, the pair deserved to score as high as the American teams. Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett, who came in 13th place, were solid, but I wanted to see more athleticism. They spent an inordinate chunk of their routine mindlessly waving their arms around. A few timing issues aside, Americans Mark Ladwig and Amanda Evora, who finished 10th, were truly terrific. They scored significantly higher than the French team, which didn't feel right. Perhaps the judges really do dock you for milking...