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...coming: Blair campaigned back in 1997 on making the House of Lords more representative. To that end, in 1999 this sleepy and purely advisory body had all but 92 of its 750 hereditary members dismissed from service, ending the automatic right of hereditary peers to participate in the country??s government. Additionally, a special Royal Commission was established to explore restructuring the body...
Even if the White House is scoffing at the news and analysts are clamoring that the difficulties are nearly over, Harvard seniors have known about the state of economic affairs and the country??s dismal future for weeks—months, even. Judy Murray, recruiting director at the Office of Career Services (OCS), kindly warned us of our extraordinary troubles back in the month of September. And, as evidenced by this fall’s recruiting performance, her prophecy has proven to be categorically correct: there is simply less money to spend, and far fewer jobs to offer...
...President’s support for this initiative, hundreds of members of Congress will have to sign the letter. Members of Congress will only sign this letter if they hear from their constituents that it is something they support. Legislators do not want to appear insensitive to the country??s grief and fury following the Sept. 11 attacks. We must show them that our grief and fury extend from the loud tragedies to the quiet tragedies as well...
...American but simultaneously global.” The difference between this call and Summers’s recent declaration that “of all the kinds of public service, there is a special nobility, a special grace to those who are prepared to sacrifice their lives for our country?? tells us much about the change that our country has undergone in the last month. But it also tells us much that is good, and worthy giving thanks for, about the difference between the rhetoric and wisdom of our old president...
...Today, students are likely to cite the University Hall takeover in 1969 as the most memorable event of Pusey’s administration. But Pusey deserves to be remembered for his extended, distinguished service to the University. Pusey transformed the University’s infrastructure, brought many of the country??s most able administrators to Harvard and steadfastly defended University’s right to academic liberty and freedom from outside influence...