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...Politics (IOP) survey, Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., leads President Bush by 10 points among college students nationwide, even with Ralph Nader factored into the race—significantly better for Kerry than national polls which show the race at a dead heat. And this is in spite of the fact that college students nationwide have similar views to all Americans on the general direction of the country, the war in Iraq and favorable/unfavorable ratings of Bush and Kerry. Harvard Democrats are not alone in our desire for more progressive leadership in Washington...
...spite of the report’s vague tone, administrators remained optimistic that a fully formed set of recommendations would be completed by the end of this academic year—a goal that now appears to be within reach...
...spite of its numerous failures, the United States’ Iraq endeavor has recently produced a notable—albeit unexpected—union of traditionally opposed Shi’a and Sunni Muslims. Instead of being treated as liberators, American troops have become the common enemy for everyone in Iraq except for the reliably pro-U.S. Kurds in the North. The country’s main sects have come together in shared hatred for the U.S. occupation. Indeed, in the face of brutal mutilations of American civilians in the Sunni triangle and the unexpected success of insurgencies...
...even when it became the mainstream.” But beyond these interesting—and largely superficial—coincidences, there isn’t much common ground between Kurt and Slim. While Cobain always protested the sort of social order that embraces misogyny and homophobia, Eminem, in spite of the color-blindness he seems to have acquired growing up as a rapper in the heart of Detroit, isn’t ready to extend that open-mindedness to gays and women. Also, aside from the level of self-referencing that’s become proper form...
...offer. One leaves feeling disconcerted, but the visitors from the Show-Me state are just the first to cast one in the role one was to fill ever after, each time one crossed the Yard: one has become a host trying hard to please, and, in spite of one’s better instinct, has developed a cheerleading spirit about this University...