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...like what they are seeing now, they aren't going to be any happier with what happens next if the nuclear option passes. Filibustering is not the only tool the minority has to slow business to a crawl. The Senate last week got a taste of how harsh nuclear winter might be when Democrats invoked an obscure procedural rule to cancel all committee meetings, where the bulk of Senate business gets done. They have also threatened to require full Senate votes for even the most mundane business, a move that could put the brakes on the G.O.P. agenda. Democrats warn...
...That winter we headed to the theaters in record numbers to see the first “LOTR” and “Harry Potter” films; that summer, “Star Wars: Episode Two” and “Pirates of the Caribbean” were our solace...
...Bush won again was, for that huge group of us, as upsetting as 9/11. We remained collectively depressed for the entire winter. Each day brought growing knowledge that in a few months, there would be no ivy-covered walls to insulate us from the events we bemoaned...
...term would not have the faculty support to create the types of small seminar courses that would make it worthwhile. The January term as currently envisioned by the HCCR would lack academic rigor. It could degenerate into a glorified activities period. Students would be better served by a longer winter vacation with optional Harvard-funded components (like immersion in a foreign country). Driving the push for a January term is the desire to sync the calendars of all eleven schools at Harvard. However, the best interests of each school should be kept in mind, and FAS must not change simply...
...It’s not much more of a happening place today.) But Ledyard sought to spice up life at the Big Green. He nettled the college president with cheeky requests for fencing lessons, and he audaciously organized a camping trip through knee-deep snow in the middle of winter. During a mysterious two-and-a half-month disappearance, Ledyard somehow managed to spend his £60-pound legacy, which had been earmarked for tuition. Ledyard fled the college by taking a homemade canoe down the treacherous Connecticut River...