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...Frank scandal "stained" the institution he serves? Perhaps, but certainly not as much as the many members of Congress who regularly use their positions for financial gain and sell their votes to the highest bidder, as the staff editorial rightly points out. Has he abused the public trust? If, as is expected, the Ethics Committee finds that Frank knew nothing about the prostitution ring being run out of his Capitol Hill apartment and clears him of any wrongdoing, the answer is no. Finally, will this episode irreparably impair his ability and effectiveness in fighting for the liberal causes that...
Some students agree that it is important for drugs to be exorcized from inner cities. But if students want their attitudes to be taken seriously in inner-city communities, they should take an equally bold stand against the casual use of less dangerous drugs. Someone who says it is wrong for a 20-year-old economically disadvantaged gang member to deal crack as a way to earn money, but overlooks a privileged Harvard sophomore who buys and sells hash for his or her personal use, is being hypocritical...
Harvard also should use its 81-member police force to make more of an effort to fight drugs. Currently Harvard Police make drug arrests when they find narcotics after searching suspects of other crimes or after they receive tips or when they make concerted efforts to find drugs, said Harvard University Police Chief Paul E. Johnson yesterday. But, Johnson said, the University police don't have the resources to run ongoing drug investigations...
...company founders did more than stack three units on top of one another and paint them the same color, however. Their machine, which stands under four feet tall, was invented to use no more power than a compact refrigerator...
...efforts of Bennett and his co-founders Peter Soriano, 47, and Ed Ward, 37, are focused on promoting the idea for use in schools, hotels, office suites and military bases...