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...accepted.” Really—if you’re not smart enough to understand that an Early Action program isn’t binding, you’re not going to stand much of a chance of being accepted by a university like Harvard, let alone succeed there. The distinction between Early Action and Early Decision is just not rocket science...
...Iraq, meanwhile, is continuing to be a problem for the Republicans. Only 38% of respondents in the TIME poll now support President Bush's decision to invade Iraq, down from 42% three months ago. A similar number believe that the new Iraqi government will succeed in forming a stable democracy, while 59% believe this is unlikely. Almost two-thirds (65%) of respondents disapprove of President Bush's handling of the war, while 54% believe he "deliberately misled" Americans in making his case for war - a figure that has increased by 6 points over the past year. President Bush's overall...
...current University of Pennsylvania chief Amy Gutmann ’71 made an under-the-radar appearance in Cambridge this weekend, but she said she was not in town for talks that would bring her back to lead her alma mater. Gutmann, who was among the finalists to succeed Neil L. Rudenstine in the 2001 presidential search, told The Crimson early yesterday morning as she left her hotel that she was in town “fundraising for the University of Pennsylvania.” The former Princeton provost and political science professor brushed off questions about her interest...
Meanwhile, under the TSA’s new half-hearted limitation, terrorists can be sure that they will probably succeed at sneaking liquids on-board anyway. Screeners conduct full bag searches on less than one out of four passengers, and they are unlikely to distinguish a three-ounce from a five-ounce bottle. Moreover, the time that they spend ferreting out that dastardly four-ounce container (a full ounce over the limit!) detracts from the time they can spend looking for real threats...
When the day’s sporadic rain momentarily intensified during the die-in, one student shouted: “It’s only water. The people of Iraq have to deal with bombs raining down on them.” The rain did, however, succeed in driving off the Republican counter-protestors...