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With its vaunted defense, however, Harvard would make that goal stand for the remaining 69:18, with much of the action the rest of the game occurring around midfield...
...students heard talks every evening, had technical briefings by the U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory, and toured the famous Keck telescopes, which stand on the nearly 14,000-foot summit of Mauna Kea and are not open to the public. Students carried exercise workbooks during all their outings...
...however, Sharp is happy to go it alone, hoping that it's strong enough technologically to maintain a leadership position without a partner. It's a gamble but not an unreasonable one, says Gartner analyst Paul O'Donovan. "Sharp is able to stand alone because it has unique intellectual property," he says. "Being that much more advanced, they don't want to share that with anybody else...
...INVESTMENT Our government must put billions of dollars into aviation infrastructure, from airports to air-traffic control to security. This needs to be done in a rational way, without rhetoric, turf wars and political pork. We need real leadership at the national level to set a game plan and stand up to members of Congress who want to waste money on local boondoggles...
...monologues unconvincingly replete with phrases like “jurisdiction stripping,” “qui tam” statues, and the massive euphemism for the abortion debate, “stare decisis”—the Latin term for letting existing precedents stand. We realize the good intentions of legislators, but please spare us. For a lawyer who routinely argues before the Supreme Court, questions of amateurs are easily deflectable. Such an imperfect method shall yield nothing the nominee chooses not to reveal. An educated proposal to fix the confirmation system is beyond...