Word: reassert
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...time when Harvard is reevaluating its academic and curricular goals, the administration ought to reassert its commitment to developing South Asian Studies at Harvard. As students, we have done everything in our power to provide the university with extensive data on the current state of South Asian Studies at Harvard and at peer institutions; with statistics and recommendations illustrating undergraduate student desires; and with the endorsement of the larger student community. The onus now lies on the administration to implement these much-needed changes. In the words of former president Summers, “There is an enormous need...
...tempting to read Borat's unmolested season on Lebanese screens as a sign of progress of the post-Syrian era towards a more tolerant, liberal society. But it could just as likely be the high water mark in a Weimar-like interregnum before the forces of reaction and intolerance reassert themselves. Outside of the theaters, Lebanese society is in the midst of a sense of humor failure. When a Lebanese television comedy show poked fun at Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah last year, his followers rioted, cutting off the road from Beirut airport. And with Hizballah firmly ensconced in central Beirut...
...spiteful as to embarrass the President like that? We'll probably never know. It may be that the President's agenda for the al-Maliki meeting was a relatively simple public relations ploy: to show support for a weak Iraqi partner and-with the Baker-Hamilton report looming-to reassert that Bush will be the "decider" on Iraq strategy. But even that simple mission failed...
...committee chairs who proudly and tenaciously represent the farthest-left edges of their party--and who have been chafing under the past dozen years of G.O.P. rule. Most of the rest of the Democratic caucus also tilts to the left and is just as anxious to reassert itself...
...giving the Saints the upper hand it would never relinquish.“It was pretty disappointing,” Bassett said. “But we knew we couldn’t go all season without giving up a goal.” Harvard had several chances to reassert its control over the game, knotting the score at 1 and 2, but undermined by its inability to convert on the power play or stay out of the penalty box, ultimately fell short in a 4-2 defeat. “It was a bummer to lose but it will...