Word: vendettas
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...Iraq, both in the Arab world and the West, fear that the U.S. is glossing over the realities of imposing democracy on a country that is deeply tribal, vengeful and embittered. The vacuum left by a collapse of Saddam's iron-fisted order could ignite power struggles and vendetta killings that could trigger long-term civil strife or even the breakup of the country. There's no democrat in waiting to step in if the dictator departs. Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds would jostle for their share of power. Iraqi exiles would vie for supremacy with those inside the country...
...students and swimmers do not consider this part of an “embittered vendetta,” whatever Holoch may argue. They realize that the administration must make temporary budget cuts. However, Dartmouth chose to eliminate two whole teams rather than make a 2.7 percent cut to all teams, which is a nominal amount. Contrary to what Holoch suggests, there is no correlation that budget cuts last year contributed to sub-par athletic seasons. However, money is not an issue for Dartmouth anymore. The students and swimmers have raised enough money to have the swim team endowed forever. Harvard?...
Apparently, hundreds of Dartmouth students are convinced that President James Wright, Dean of the College James Larimore and the rest of their administration decided to cut the programs as part of an embittered vendetta against a mediocre women’s team and an even worse men’s team, which hasn’t won a league meet in 40 years. The part of the story that isn’t told—possibly because it detracts from heroic student activism—is that Wright and Larimore have expressed significant personal regret about the decision...
Apparently, hundreds of Dartmouth students are convinced that President James Wright, Dean of the College James Larimore and the rest of their administration decided to cut the programs as part of an embittered vendetta against a mediocre women’s team and an even worse men’s team, which hasn’t won a league meet in 40 years. The part of the story that isn’t told—possibly because it detracts from heroic student activism—is that Wright and Larimore have expressed significant personal regret about the decision...
Despite the intractability of Harvard’s anti-military vendetta, those who look eagerly to the day when the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) comes marching home should find, in recent events at Harvard Law School (HLS), cause for optimism...