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...important story here, about the de-Christianization of the modern university and the suffocating blanket of secular sneering that has settled over Ivy League campuses in the last half-century. But as the days grow short, and Christmas inches closer, it occurs to me that Harvard may be entirely correct not to recognize the importance, or even the existence, of Christendom's chief feast...
...that rigid secularity and cloying, politically correct euphemisms like "holiday season" and "millennial observance" are to be applauded, mind you. Far from it. But even if Harvard were to rid itself of the prejudices of enlightened academia and their attendant cant, it would still be incongruous for our University to make even a half-hearted attempt at celebrating Christmas. The Christmas spirit, to invoke a hackneyed but useful phrase, just doesn't fit in with the spirit of Harvard...
...state of Florida," Baker declared. "They have to be counted too." He's not sure the vote-reading machines are reliable. But between Wells and Scalia, he figures he's got enough blockers to get Bush in the end zone, and plenty of legal experts say he's correct...
...stand up in court. "The mistake that was made on them was made by the Republican party," testified Peggy S. Robbins, the Martin County supervisor of elections, of the ballot forms (this was also true in Seminole County). "It only seemed logical to allow the Republican party to correct that mistake; the preprinted number was not received by the voter...
...Judge Sauls, the court asked, use the correct standard to arrive at his ruling? The Gore team argued the negative, pointing out that because Sauls depended upon old election statutes from 1974 and 1982, rather than using a 1999 precedent which allows a looser interpretation of "contest" requirements, the circuit court decision is untenable. The Bush lawyers, on the other hand, insisted that Sauls ruled the only way he could: The Gore team, after all, did not satisfy existing standards for a recount, which require a plaintiff to prove there is "reasonable probability" that a recount will yield a changed...