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Although Dartboard—having taken his economics exam—purports to understand that the Social Planner must impose regulation when everyone has every incentive to storm Adams for lunch, Dartboard also knows that rules (just like clichés) are made to be manipulated. So when, just as Dartboard and Friend prepared to abandon their quest and retreat to the distant Quincy House, two of Dartboard and Friend’s friends—real live Adams residents—came to the rescue, Dartboard thought he had the answer. “We’re their...
...cases like that of Perkins and his love for gays, some would rightfully note that love is not synonymous with moral agreement—that perhaps Perkins isn’t being entirely insincere in his open-armed embrace. But while we expect to weather the occasional storm in all of our loving relationships, we don’t expect those storms to be the very foundation of the relationship. “I love yous” rooted in such harsh moral judgments are copouts, condescending and meaningless. They are the ideological soulmates of the racist?...
Bush's troubles all came together in the space of a month, a perfect winter storm. The President had had a spectacular December, watching his ratings soar as Saddam Hussein was captured, the economy grew at 4% and he pulled a Medicare bill out of his hat in the final days of the last session of Congress. Howard Dean, meanwhile, appeared to have won the hearts of Democrats--if not the minds--which promised the campaign of Karl Rove's dreams...
Yale (8-11, 3-3) took the nation by storm to start the season, carrying a lead into the halftime break against then-No. 1 Connecticut in Storrs before falling 70-60. The Bulldogs won four of their next five, with the only loss coming against then-No. 18 Wake Forest...
...Francis D. “Bud” Riley, flanked by an entourage of uniformed officers and aides. In 1996, when Riley took control of HUPD after 25 years of service in the state police, the department was dogged by allegations of racism within its ranks. He weathered that storm, as well as crime waves that followed, including a series of armed robberies that struck campus in the fall of 1996. But he has won widespread respect for his sensitivity to student concerns and his firm commitment to fighting crime...