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...problem in the affairs of nations: the gap between means and ends. Your Administration's ends were driven by cosmic ambitions: bring democracy to Iraq, wipe out Islamic terrorism, remake the Middle East. All of this with 130,000 troops who were to stay no longer than 18 months? Vast ambitions cannot be financed out of petty cash. And while clarity of vision and purpose informed the Administration's goals, it was blind when it came to calculating costs and consequences. No nation in history has ever squandered so much respect and trust, hence so much political capital...
...study by the National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that 20 to 25 percent of college women will be the victims of rape during their time at college. According to Heather Wilson, Education Specialist at the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR), the vast majority of rapes and sexual assaults are linked to alcohol. Sometimes used deliberately to facilitate rape, alcohol also has the unintended consequences of making people more aggressive and less able to recognize and respect signs of resistance...
...without its linguistic and cultural aspects. After most of the old group’s leaders graduated in 2002, the organization became inactive and effectively disbanded. This is unlikely to happen with Turner’s group, given the high level of interest and the fact that a vast majority of the founding members are sophomores...
Tomorrow morning, hundreds of male alums will make their way to Soldier’s Field, where they will be greeted by a fully stocked private tailgate and members of their Final Club. Meanwhile, the vast majority of Harvard’s female students and graduates will have no special tailgate to call their own. With female social clubs being such a recent development—and a very small development at that—Harvard women lack the social connections of their male peers and former classmates. As the newly chosen survivors of punch season and their socially elite...
...with the vast majority of Americans, when I’m living in this country, the concept of the world “outside” the United States seems like a foreign and largely absurd concept. But, as I am about to embark on a journey to Europe—yes, unlike most Americans I have a passport—I decided yesterday to check the headlines of some of the most widely-read European newspapers. What was the reaction in the world to this almost inexplicable occurrence which has since ruined my rest? It was to this question...