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...problem with the College’s wars on perceived hazing and underage alcohol consumption. In focusing on “low-hanging fruit” like The Crimson’s innocuous semesterly celebration, Deans David R. Friedrich and Suzy M. Nelson of the Office of Student Life squander time and money regulating celebratory, fun events highly unlikely to create any liability for the College. They also possibly miss some of the more serious offenses occurring behind closed doors, in organizations that are much smaller or not officially affiliated with Harvard. My friends joining final clubs...
...Party, an account by British political commentator Andrew Rawnsley of how Britain's Labour government came to squander a huge popular mandate to face possible defeat in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, identifies a multiplicity of contributory factors. Blair's unwavering determination to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with a martial U.S. is prominent among them. (See pictures of the George W. Bush-Tony Blair friendship...
...rigor of 12th grade in regards to “senioritis,” cutting senior year will not eradicate the problem; instead, the state should focus on developing ways for the education system to sustain students’ interests throughout all of high school. Buttars believes that students squander their senior years, meaning the state is “spending a whole lot of money for a whole bunch of kids who aren’t getting anything out of that grade.” However, there is nothing intrinsic to the 12th grade that breeds a decline...
...bipartisan - such as one that provided payroll tax breaks to companies with new hires co-authored by New York's Chuck Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat, and Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican - the process by which Reid yanked the bill made for a lot of bitter feelings. "To squander [the Baucus-Grassley bill] is partisan politics trumping everything else," Hatch told ABC News Friday...
...rationality of their fears. A little inflation might be a good thing, but if jittery markets take a little inflation as a sign that the Fed has gone soft, the result could be a run on the dollar and out-of-control inflation. Bernanke is determined not to squander the Fed's hard-won credibility as an inflation fighter, so he's continuing to talk like one, even though he hasn't really started the fight...