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Still, the tide had definitely turned. The rejuvenated Harvard defense kept Hartigan and DiGiacomo in check on the Bears’ next possession, and the ball was once again in Fitzpatrick’s reliable hands. On second-and-five from the Crimson’s own 20-yard line, Fitzpatrick handed off to Dawson who broke through a mass of linemen, escaped several ankle tackles, and careened down the field 80 yards for a touchdown. Dawson finished the day with 142 yards and three...
When we give up caring about the words we utter, we forsake our conceptual accuracy as well as the capacity to successfully resist a rising tide of equivocal expressions. John Kerry is clearly a victim of this phenomenon, so far failing to develop a language of his own. Without a way of cogently expressing his worldview, Kerry is forced to unconvincingly convey his plans through terminology coined by the current administration. Little wonder that he ends up sounding confused, or rather just vague and lacking substance. Next time the media reports on abuse in the war on terror, stop...
...Want Frites With That? Faced with plunging customer numbers and a rising tide of complaints of shoddy service, the owners of some 60,000 French cafés and brasseries served up plans for a seal of approval recognizing quality service...
When I got to Harvard, school seemed like a good way to stay in The Movement. I could learn about public policy, study how the political system works and do a little campus activism to tide me over until graduation. Maybe it’s just the people I know, but I think a lot of people look at Harvard the way I did. They may not be motivated by politics and activism the way I am, but they see Harvard as a tool, a path to something else, whether that something else is medical school, an I-banking...
Pundits have long been asking whether Islam is ready for a reform. The answer is that across the U.S., a quiet tide of Islamic reform is very much under way. In Chicago last year, the Downtown Islamic Center made room for four women on its board after they protested the design of a new mosque that would have given women inadequate space in which to pray. Instead, women got access to the main hall when the new mosque opened in July. In Dearborn, Mich., earlier this year, Imam Mohammed Mardini welcomed Christian women who weren't covering their hair, over...