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That concern has become only more prominent since last December when Summers began to spar with West, allegedly about the quality of West’s scholarship and the role of race in college admissions. After that tiff, it seemed that Summers tried to mend some fences—until West blasted Summers as being the cause of his departure. As West made clear in his statements to the press, his decision was made largely based upon Summers’ failure to take any real measures to keep him. Soon, even DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis...
...West wants to pontificate at Princeton, where he will operate unquestioned and pampered by spineless administrators, that is his prerogative. While West may feel that his tiff with President Summers is as important as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is not. Any comparison between the two is deranged and incredibly self-centered and offensive. There is enough egotism at this school without...
...Tiff was bunting because we needed to have a runner on third for a shot to win,” Allard explained. “You get a runner on third, you just need a little ground ball, a passed ball, Koppel hits a fly ball, we score. In that situation it’s always a debate what to do. We’ve gone back and forth, sometimes we bunt, sometimes...
...Packards oppose Compaq merger. Undoubtedly both of them once owned Presarios MARTHA STEWART Ms. Do-It-Right gets in copyright trouble over her show's theme song. What's the correct etiquette for totally screwing someone over? COURTNEY LOVE Cobain's widow sued by surviving Nirvana members. Apparently, the tiff involves her plan to market Kurt-ables chocolate biscuits...
Leaving in a hurry was just the latest chapter in a dispute between the FBI and the State Department over how to keep the investigation on track, one that has grown from a tiff into a "monster turf battle," according to an insider. State accuses the FBI of creating and deepening a rift with the Yemenis with clumsy demands for access. FBI officials counter that they want to make a case that will meet the rules of evidence of U.S. courts. "We are going to do it the same way we do it at home," says a U.S. official...