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...didn’t cut before because they were worried about inflation, which they should be.” Jorgensen said that in the wake of the subprime mortgage meltdown, “The Fed is sending the message, ‘we’re taking action, we’re on the job.’” Senior Lecturer on Economics Jeffrey Miron said that he still would have liked to see Bernanke not do anything, but conceded that there were some reasonable justifications for the cut. “I don’t like...
...General Education curriculum over the past four months, a move that would have benefited the entire student body and especially the Class of 2011. Perhaps the College is acting with the best intentions, moving slowly, and deliberately, to avoid rash decisions. Yet without a firm and articulated plan of action, the College’s apprehension could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. General Education will only be a change worthy of five years of deliberation if it has an underlying vision behind which currently apathetic faculty, students, and administrators can rally. For that vision we look to the Standing Committee...
...domestically, expect tough, realistic action on a number of our country’s most pressing problems. Compromise, “triangulation,” and fighting the good fight when that is what is required to get the job done. Only a person with the unmatched combination of executive and congressional experience of Hillary Clinton, on top of an entire career dedicated to the resolution of the major domestic issues of our time—medicine, education, poverty—is the whole package...
...Hagan and the retooled running game. O’Hagan looked sharp, completing 19-of-30 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns while also running for 65 yards on 11 carries. He was particularly efficient on Harvard’s two second-quarter touchdown drives, working off play action and designed runs to march the Crimson 92 yards for a 7-0 lead, capped off by a perfectly thrown 35-yard touchdown pass to senior wideout Matt Lagace. Starting at the Harvard 40 on the next drive, O’Hagan completed a pair of key passes and then...
...cross-straits war, however, is hardly imminent. For its part, Beijing cannot risk any embarrassing military action in the run-up to the Olympic games next August. And Taipei-based observers say that the referendum is less a declaration of independence than a political ploy by Chen to bolster his own legacy, as well as voter turnout in March for Chen's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). "The ruling party doesn't have much to campaign about," says Chao Chien-min, a political science professor at Taiwan's National Chengchi University. "The only thing they can do is portray the opposition...