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...stopped.” Dershowitz said he called the student group’s spokesperson to confirm that Hampshire had divested from Israel, and that he did not want to launch a campaign to stop donations to the college unless the college had divested. The divestment debate carries particular weight at the Amherst, Mass. college, as it was the first U.S. college to divest from South Africa in 1977. Leaders of the student group have accused Dershowitz—whose son attended Hampshire—of threatening them and the college in an act of “academic bullying...
...Connor (157) led the Crimson on the mat, with undefeated weekends.“I can’t say enough about [the captains],” Weiss said. “I think they are the best in the country in their weights.”HARVARD 33, WAGNER 10Harvard hosted Wagner at the Malkin Athletic Center on Saturday evening to complete its three-match weekend. Both teams forfeited the 125 weight class, and Wagner jumped to a 7-0 lead with wins at 133 and 141.The Crimson responded by taking five of the next six matches, with...
...before executing them. In this case, while the Pope may have meant for the reinstatement to help heal the growing rifts within the Catholic Church, it led to an unforeseen result: a serious objection by the international community. The Pope should have vetted Williamson more extensively, understanding the great weight of his decision to reinstate him and taking into account the offense to the Jewish community that such a choice would cause. Another troubling aspect of the Pope’s recent course of action is how it reflects a greater rightward movement of the church since Pope Benedict XVI?...
...This is the third aquatic documentary Howard Hall has directed for Imax, after Deep Sea 3-D and Into the Deep 3-D. Shot mostly in coral reefs around Indonesia and Australia, this one required lugging enormous equipment (total weight: 8,000 lb.) about in boats and logging vast numbers of hours under the sea for a mere 40 minutes of screen time. But the brevity of the film, and the spectacular oddness of the creatures, leave you - and, perhaps more crucially, your children - wanting more. Awww moments, the tentpoles of so many nature documentaries, are mostly reserved...
...situation will demand a massive effort and new thinking on the part of the Obama Administration. As far as the Palestinians are concerned, progress would require a readiness by Obama to do something no U.S. Administration since that of President George H.W. Bush has done: throw Washington's weight behind positions at odds with those of the Israeli government. And few Palestinians are betting on Obama to turn up the heat on Israel. Instead, they're more likely to try to do so themselves...