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...Probably not, but Wisse believes that these characteristics of the “new generation” of Harvard students prompted the student body to reject the Faculty’s recent coup and support University President Lawrence H. Summers. Unfortunately, Wisse’s simple explanation does not withstand scrutiny; not only is she out of touch with students one third her age—a day of Core classes and a night at a final club would refute both of her claims—but she also uses a very specific, and ultimately untenable, definition of the Harvard...
...Interrogations at Guantanamo have often included a Behavioral Science Consultation Team, known as a BSCT, on which a psychologist, psychiatrist or other medical professionals monitor a prisoner's ability to withstand rigorous questioning. They may also suggest methods to make the interrogation more effective. The Red Cross and the American Medical Association have both objected to the use of doctors to aid interrogations as a violation of medical ethics, a charge the Pentagon rejects. As Gutierrez puts it: "Al-Qahtani is afraid of doctors because these are the people who would revive him and send him back into the same...
...about their place in the world. Since then, Washington - and by that I mean the actions of both parties - has done little at home or abroad to re-instill that confidence. Americans have seen a budget surplus disappear and two wars launched, all while they have had to withstand longer lines at airports and higher prices for gasoline. All these changes, great and small, have masked the fact that 9/11 has changed Americans' instincts, too. And so even if it can be rationally defended, a deal that would not have raised an eyebrow six years ago is simply unimaginable...
...rule, and stands out more than ever on “Crooked Teeth.”The video is devastatingly pretty, exuding effort from every scene, and well worth the wait, no matter how long you have to listen to Pantene tell you your hair can, with their help, withstand winter’s various follicular ravages. —Henry M. CowlesKanye West"Touch the Sky"Weren’t music videos originally conceived as a form of marketing, you know, music? Well, apparently they now require marketing of their own—at least judging by Kanye West?...
...have to be able to withstand a certain level of instability and uncertainty in terms of being mobile and working seasonal jobs,” she says. “This is part of the lifestyle—you move around...