Word: swifts
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...panel also focused on the advertisements run by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a political action group that sought to challenge Kerry’s military record...
Since then, their rise to prominence has been swift and palpable...
...Tuesday, Dean Kagan reinstated the non-discrimination code, barring the military from official recruiting, and she should be commended for her swift action. But although this week’s ruling was a resounding victory against the Solomon Amendment, the fate of the law is not yet written in stone. The possibility remains for the government to appeal to the Supreme Court or the entire appeals court. As the case works its way through the court system, Harvard should redeem itself by doing everything it can to protect its right to ban recruiters who discriminate. Harvard cannot forget that there...
However, the Staff, much like Jonathan Swift commenting on the Irish potato famine, likes to find a silver lining to every possible demographic disaster. The federal government may succeed in doing something other than ensuring America is a less numerate, less literate place with great grapefruit juice. As college funding options decline, more and more students will have little choice but to serve in the armed forces in order to fund their college educations. An influx of adolescents from lower income families desperate to escape poverty through education can be redirected to the streets of Fallujah, or even Damascus...
...book’s promotion kicked off at the Faculty Club two weeks ago with keynote speaker, former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift...