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...been restored to national prominence in 2007 as the Crimson and Dartmouth have reclaimed spots atop the conference standings as well as in the top five of the polls after down performances last season.The two squads’ disappointing, near-.500 showings in 2005-06—Harvard wound up at 18-13-4, the Big Green finished at 12-13-4—coincided with the absence of many of their top players due to national team commitments. The only roster to welcome back as many Olympians as the Crimson’s–which...
...what really motivates my aversion to the marijuana taboo is not a paternalistic concern for people’s health and safety. I truly believe that everyone—but especially wound-up, self-important Harvard students—could benefit from getting high once in a while. While alcohol is boorish and mindless, marijuana is intellectually stimulating, relaxing, and mellow. Alcohol is fun because it makes us less aware of what’s going on, and thus less inhibited, while marijuana makes us hyper-alert, perceptive, and thoughtful. Alcohol is a fantastic social lubricant, but there is nothing...
...minor claim on a presidential legacy came about in part because the skilled House gamesman was not prepared to manage expectations once he was elevated into the presidency. Observers assumed that he would tack hard to the side of openness and sunlight to escape Nixon's shadow. But he wound up relying on a coterie of insiders - Nixon's own shadows - from Henry Kissinger to the young Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, who had no less zeal for the imperial presidency than their predecessors under Nixon...
...Saddam joined the pan-Arab nationalist Baath Party in 1957. Two years later, at the age of 22, Saddam was part of a Baathist plot to assassinate General Abdul Karim Kassem, who had overthrown the monarchy of King Faisal II a year before. Saddam escaped Iraq with a gunshot wound in the leg and spent the next six years in exile in Cairo where he had contacts with the CIA. The American spy agency was backing the Baathists at the time...
...department has gone so far as to charge “a number” of students themselves for pulling false fire alarms, he adds. The students have wound up with arrests on their records and fines of up to $1500, he says...