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...early decision programs—catch Harvard and Princeton’s cold?“The schools that are at the coattails of the Ivies have to have a serious look at what’s going on,” Stoneham said. “The next tier down will be the ones to watch.”—Staff writer Claire M. Guehenno can be reached at guehenno@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Benjamin L. Weintraub can be reached at bweintr@fas.harvard.edu...
...schools that are at the coattails of the Ivies have to have a serious look at what’s going on,” Stoneham said. “The next tier down will be the ones to watch...
...Class of 2010, Harvard admitted 21 percent of its early applicants, but accepted only 9.3 percent of its regular applicants. “I think that by deciding to take away the early admissions option, Harvard will in a way be reducing its appeal to some top tier applicants who are seeking security in knowing where they’re going,” Phillips Exeter Academy junior Conor P. Flynn said. Not having the option to separate oneself into an early applicant group may make applying to Harvard more daunting. “People who apply early admissions...
...Senate Republican leaders weren't breaking out the top-tier invitations for nothing. Three moderate GOP Senators have split with them and the White House over how to treat detainees at Guantanamo Bay and around the world. At the lunch, Senators John Warner, John McCain and Lindsey Graham were scheduled to present their case for a detainee bill that conforms to the Geneva Conventions. The White House and Senate leaders are pushing one that would allow interrogations using methods that strain - or break, depending on whom you ask - the Conventions' rules against abuse...
...Alan Johnson, a genial ex--mail carrier and union leader now running Education, is a bit more popular, and M.P.s praying for anyone-but-Brown are leaning toward him as their best hope. (He's a 6-to-1 underdog, but his odds are the best of the second tier...