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...dared utter this line because the British government itself does not look very good in its constituents?? eyes. The Blair administrations seemed rightly outraged by the event, but for a country that was central to the Iraqi invasion, they did not take hard enough measures. In a place where memories of empire evoke melancholy, commentators quickly forced the comparison between the current Prime Minister and Iron Lady Thatcher, who exactly 25 years ago imposed the British will by force, defeating an Argentine military invasion of the Malvinas islands. Remembering Teddy Roosevelt’s famous quote of diplomacy...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Courting the British Accent | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...will be dismayed by Knowles’ plan—but they won’t be surprised. Economics concentrators know that centralized planning often produces worse results than consumer choice. And government majors have learned that in the absence of accountability, institutions are often not responsive to their constituents?? needs...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel | Title: Soft Science, Hard Facts | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

After the Harvard College Dean’s Office airlifted the UC out of its social programming nightmare last spring, furnishing the newly independent College Events Board (CEB) with a handsome budget all its own, the UC was left swimming in its lingering insecurities and its constituents?? cash...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: A Timorous Beastie | 3/6/2007 | See Source »

...popularity was based on the broad appeal of his message, which focused on jobs, a higher minimum wage, education, housing, and day care for working women. These examples reveal that black candidates can draw political support from non-black voters if their political messages address the constituents?? basic concerns...

Author: By William JULIUS Wilson | Title: Obama and the Right Message | 2/11/2007 | See Source »

...Last King of Scotland” recounts the terror of Idi Amin’s dictatorship. Amin attempts to keep the crown certain by eliminating any threats, but this, paradoxically, only increases his constituents?? desire to change leaders. Shakespeare understood this well, as readers of “Julius Caesar,” “Richard II,” and “Richard III” can attest. “All the King’s Men” shows the rise and fall of a charismatic populist unable to handle the mechanisms...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Uneasy Lies the Leader’s Crown | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

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