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...prompt, I thought at the time. Though his note struck me as a bit peculiar, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps it was his way of being sweet...
...same, or higher standards to the early pool. Nor can you infer the standards by simply comparing admission rates in the early and late pools.Fair enough. But from a journalist's standpoint, it's better to have the numbers, and the Ivy papers should be after them. The Dartmouth struck out at Harvard, Princeton and Penn, but perhaps the on-campus dailies will have more luck. The admissions debate now rattling higher education will be better informed with the relevant statistics close at hand...
Watch for Kennedy's leanings in November, when the court hears arguments on the constitutionality of the 2003 federal ban on dilation-and-extraction (a.k.a. partial-birth) abortions. In 2000, when the court struck down a similar ban enacted by Nebraska, Kennedy voted with the minority. This time the question is whether he'll be swayed more by his aversion to abortion or his respect for precedent...
Every year, thousands of Tibetans make pilgrimages to Dharamsala, India, to hear the Dalai Lama's Kalachara teachings. Last year, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader struck an unusually secular note, warning against the exploitation of endangered species. Tibetans are among Asia's largest consumers of tiger pelts and leopard skins. They use the fur to trim their robes, in rituals and as rugs; tiger claws and dried leopard organs are also used in traditional medicine, and Tibetans dominate the illicit trade in animal parts between India and China. The Dalai Lama's word traveled fast. Buddhists in Lhasa, the Tibetan...
...Harvard undermined it. “We’re at the point where our mistakes cost us goals,” Farrar said. The Terrier offense capitalized on those and broke away on a 4-0 run, closing the half at 6-3. After the half, Harvard struck first but never brought the difference within one goal as Saint Francis remained in control for the remainder of the game. “We had our chances,” Farrar said. “We just had to make better use of them.” Despite the loss...