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...Chairman is familiar with the policy he espouses. In 1996, he led the military component of Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti...
...hands of New York City police. Cases like that grab national headlines, but they are aberrations. More systemic and infinitely harder to root out is a more common form of corruption: too many cops in too many places who routinely flout the laws they are sworn to uphold, cops who come to view the law itself as a maze of misguided rules that hinder their ability to "get the job done...
...them had thought of running for public office, one of them quipped, "All Harvard students are planning on being President." The laughter that followed was only partly at my expense. On campus only since September, I am still surprised that so many students here feel responsible to uphold Harvard's tradition of providing America with its leaders. "From day one, I felt the pressure of creating my future so as not to let Harvard down," one student from Chicago told me. In language I'm becoming accustomed the elite and we know we are expected to uphold the tradition...
Such a regulated system would also help to uphold the fundamental educational principles of our university. Do we want an education system where concerns about scientific achievements top everything else, or do we aspire to an environment in which a student can look up to the professors as role models? We have complete confidence that Harvard University, with its ample resources, inspiring leadership and long-standing commitment to quality education, can accomplish the goal with the support of its faculty and students...
...decision was not unexpected: To uphold the emergency appeal ? and send Woodward back to jail for killing baby Matthew Eappen ? the prosecution would have had to display a reason why this cannot go through the normal appeals process. Most legal experts couldn?t see one, and the judge seemed to concur. Even in a high profile case such as this, the wheels of justice spin slowly...