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...regular operation of the departments. Further, HUSEC’s funding is not intended to cut into department budgets. If the money is being taken away from anyone, Biewener said, it is the deans.By taking this bold step forward, the Harvard Corporation has brought Harvard into the national spotlight as a leader of interdisciplinary scientific research. Allston holds great promise for furthering Harvard’s role in this area, as it will provide space, new labs, and a home for the recently created Harvard Stem Cell Institute. But the Corporation is to be commended for taking the first step...
...predictable outrage Joe Biden's recent comments about Barack Obama elicited, the gaffe put a spotlight on one of the more unfortunate forces fueling Obamania. Ever since Barack Obama first ascended the national stage at the 2004 Democratic convention, pundits have been tripping over themselves to point out the difference between him and the average Joe from the South Side. Obama is biracial, and has a direct connection with Africa. He is articulate, young and handsome. He does not feel the need to yell "Reparations now!" into any available microphone...
...more U.S. troops to Iraq. Democrats have introduced a resolution criticizing the plan and opposing the President outright. Senator John McCain of Arizona has proposed a countervailing resolution that tacitly backs the surge of troops. Neither captures the cautiously antisurge consensus that many Senators are seeking, which puts the spotlight on Warner, a former Secretary of the Navy and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who has introduced a bipartisan resolution with a third approach: oppose the surge and prod Bush to follow the diplomacy-heavy recommendations of the Iraq Study Group...
After Dallas Cowboys malcontent Terrell Owens, no NFL player elicits as much fan emotion as Manning. Love him, hate him--either way, he's that transcendent athlete, perched in the public eye, who always gets a rise. And now he's truly in the spotlight. After nine pro seasons of compiling stunning individual stats while his teams tasted postseason failure, Manning has his shot at a title: his high-octane Colts are favored to bounce the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI, which will be played Feb. 4 in Miami...
...leader. According to Centrebet, based on a $1 wager, a win for Howard's Liberal-National coalition will return $1.72; one for Labor $2. But the sports-betting agency says Labor could become the favorite within weeks. A combination of voters' curiosity and Rudd's fidelity to the media spotlight has produced a big bounce for the Opposition leader in opinion polls. According to Newspoll, Rudd's approval rating (56%) is now 10 points higher than Howard's; the P.M.'s customary edge on the question of who is best to lead the country has almost disappeared since Rudd replaced...