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...academics, “I don’t think there’s more work here,” Krohn said. “But at Wash U, it was more relaxed. However, [the atmosphere at Harvard] is also indicative of the intensity of the students here, and I like that...
...students who stand to benefit from the “I Decide” reminders. Students from Massachusetts, California or New York—states whose electoral votes are hardly contested—also need to be encouraged and reminded to vote in their respective elections. Too often, students wash their hands of an election before it comes to pass, as they assume their vote “doesn’t count” if they hail from an uncontested state. Without voting, these students surrender their voice on important, often controversial, statewide initiatives...
Then there's Vietnam. In the primaries many of those Democratic voter-pundits figured Kerry's heroic service would reassure general-election voters that he was tough enough to lead the country after 9/11. But at best, Vietnam has proved a wash. After weeks of G.O.P.-orchestrated attacks on Kerry's war record, the Los Angeles Times in late August asked registered voters how his Vietnam service affected their vote. Twenty-three percent said it made them more likely to support Kerry, 21% said it made them less likely, and 53% said it had no effect...
...Lino (Robert De Niro), the sea's feared codfather. To propel the plot, Don Lino's sissy son Lenny (Jack Black) befriends Oscar and his adoring friend Angie (Rene Zellweger). At its jauntiest, as when it shows Oscar at work in a whale car wash, Shark Tale is the Jaws that refreshes, but too often it just piles on the gags. The film has a hectic, sitcom air and a full-of-himself hero who is as likely to grate as to ingratiate...
...veterans involved in SBVT were either swift or truthful, they would have challenged Kerry's military medals 35 years ago, when they were awarded. JOHN DEBOER Sequim, Wash...