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...Bush administration certainly lost its reputation, as we saw clearly in the elections of 2006 and 2008. The administration??s opponents, who did their utmost to drag it down, now point to the result with unconcealed satisfaction, as if they were little innocents in the matter. But I do not believe that the American electorate turned against President Bush merely because they were misled by his opponents. They were misled by their own judgment. They thought him incompetent for starting an unnecessary war and then losing it; the problem was not that he acted illegally or wasn?...
...wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has been moderated to some extent, but new challenges for the United States and the world—including a resurgent Russia, a rising China, and economic turmoil all over the globe—put a great deal on the new Obama administration??s plate. Last August, we watched—along with much of the world—the spectacular Olympic ceremonies held in Beijing. While we remained concerned about the Chinese government’s human rights record and its occupation of Tibet, we did not find calls for a boycott...
...construction, Quincy’s sixth floor balcony became a place for staging rallies, according to Busch. “Our causes weren’t exactly noble,” Busch said, recalling Quincy students leading a mob of 1,500 undergraduates in the yard to protest the administration??s 1960 decision to transition from papyrus diplomas in Latin to paper certificates in English. As the first residents established a fledgling House culture, Quincy’s underlying diversity continued to form the basis of its identity. By 1966, Quincy was the first House to incorporate female...
...Square, Pusey announced that the University was no longer interested in building a House on the Bennett Street site.And by 1964, the MTA announced that it was willing to sell the yards. In 1966 Harvard finally bought the land and made plans to relocate its Graduate School of Public Administration??renamed for President Kennedy—on the site.—Staff writer Sarah J. Howland can be reached at showland@fas.harvard.edu...
...just imagine Joe McCarthy!” said William H.C. Basetti ’59. “But at Harvard at least everybody who had the least speck of brains realized how stupid it was.”Harvard’s involvement with the Roosevelt administration??s war effort had created a precedent for government involvement on campus, and given that the country had not yet experienced the disillusionment induced by the Vietnam War, most students were willing to trust the government to an extent not seen today and less willing to speak out, said Charles...