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...Crimson, which was out-rebounded by a distressing 42-29 margin, won the game at the free-throw line. Harvard was 28-of-37 from the stripe versus Maine’s 10-15 performance, a continuation of a trend from last year, when Harvard shot over 150 more free throws than its opponents and capitalized at an Ivy second-best .745 percentage...
...mistakes and standardization should not lead to blind trust. Every case should in the end be held to the scrutiny of human judgment. Overall, however, we welcome the College’s attempt to modernize this system, which will hopefully discourage plagiarism and begin to a curb a disturbing trend in American higher education. Intellectual theft is a serious breach of trust that shows deplorable contempt for the opportunities and advantages offered by a good education. Used sensibly, TurnItIn.com could persuade students—even if their own consciences can’t—that plagiarism...
...this trend might not hold true for Harvard job seekers—the director of the Office of Career Services, Bill Wright-Swadel, said that although Harvard does not track the salaries graduates go on to earn, he has not seen any indication of male-female discrepancies...
...Montana, which overwhelmingly re-elected its lone G.O.P. Congressman, essentially remains a red state. Brian Schweitzer's election in 2004 to governor can be considered a fluke, as he was running against a scandal-ridden, incompetent G.O.P. incumbent. Neither his victory, nor Tester's, can be considered a trend toward blue in the West, as some Eastern pundits have interpreted it. Voters in those traditional G.O.P. counties demonstrated that no amount of scandal could sour them on Burns...
...shudders to think whither this trend could lead," wrote Srikrishna, "whether, for example, the constitutionality of a declaration of war or peace treaty signed by India could also be questioned in a court of law. If the courts were to strike down the peace treaty as being "unconstitutional," would the armed forces be compelled to prosecute the war under a judicial mandamus...