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Dodd is not naï ve; he knew that ostensibly softer-edged Republicans like Senator Charles Grassley had drawn out health care negotiations for months before scuttling the talks with tea-party rhetoric about grannycide. But Dodd is retiring after 36 years in the Senate, and he was eager to cut a deal for the sake of his legacy. He knew he needed GOP votes, and he figured that after a catastrophic meltdown, financial reform would be less polarizing than health care. And Corker did seem to be negotiating in good faith, even if GOP leaders were clearly eager...
Upperclassmen, eager to demonstrate their House spirit, marched into Harvard Yard yesterday adorned in their respective Houses’ shirts, accompanied by an assortment of mascots from the animal kingdom—polar bears, lions, moose, and more. From Pforzheimer House’s sunglass-wearing Quadlings, to Dunster House’s antler-clad supporters, House pride was on display by 8 a.m. Members of Mather House climbed atop the John Harvard statue, while Adams House residents donned suit jackets in preparation for the day’s festivities...
...trend of unmarried couples living together. While they're more politically progressive than their elders, you could argue that their strong support for gay marriage and interracial marriage reflects their desire to extend traditional institutions as widely as possible. If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share...
...then Chaudry lost it. It’s understandable for an athlete of his caliber to have a primal desire to win, but Baset, not only did you ruin it for yourself, you ruined it for your competition (and an eager squash audience...
...problem to light by inviting the victims to speak up even when the cases dated to a while back," Lombardi told Vatican Radio earlier this week. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and associate editor of the New York-based Catholic magazine America, says Benedict, too, has been notably more eager than his predecessors to confront the issue of clergy sex abuse, having held an unprecedented meeting with victims on his trip to the U.S. in 2008. (See pictures of the Pope meeting Barack Obama...