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...eight charges and deadlocked on nine others. (Al-Arian's defense also maintained that the prosecution's case was based in part on a letter that was seized by the feds at al-Arian's home but had never been sent.) It was one of the Bush Administration's sharpest humiliations and a glaring example of its chronic overreach in post-9/11 terrorism cases. And critics say what happened next in the al-Arian case was just as bad, a classic illustration of how the Bush government's ethical breaches, disdain for due process and perhaps anti-Muslim bias...
...sharpest reaction thus far to the recent decision to put the brakes on the University’s planned expansion into Allston, two professors in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology have considered leaving Harvard, fearing that fallout from the slowdown will harm their research.The University’s plans to deal with the slowdown by re-assigning MCB laboratory space to the stem cell researchers who were originally slated for Allston has raised concerns that basic biology research is being de-prioritized in the current financial crisis, according to several professors contacted by The Crimson last week.Those concerns...
...sharpest reaction thus far to the recent decision putting the brakes on the University’s planned expansion into Allston, two professors in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology have considered leaving Harvard, fearing that fallout from the slowdown will harm their research...
...Some of this got into the 16 movies they made together in eight years. At their infrequent best, they had the sharpest mixture of foolery and character of all movie comedy teams. In the 1951 Sailor Beware, Jer has been suckered into boxing a much bigger guy. Dean, the kid's trainer, dispenses pre-fight advice (with many sly slaps to the gut and face) while Jer does such an acute impersonation of a punch-drunk pugilist that the tough guy and his team are scared away. In their seemingly artless but perfectly timed badinage, the two are slick, robust...
Among gift categories, IBIS World projects the sharpest drops for clothing and intimate apparel (don't expect the lingerie, ladies), dining out, jewelry, romantic getaways and flowers. Only greeting cards and candy, the smaller-ticket items, are showing a slight uptick. Brand Keys Inc., a New York City-based research and consulting firm, found that 15% of men and women said they would stay home this Valentine's Day, nearly four times as many as in 2008. Consumers also told the company they'd share gifts with fewer friends and family members. "Your great-aunt may not get something this...