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...appropriation to pay for the war through Sept. 30. It's a version that posits March 2008 as a goal-not a deadline, just a goal-for troop withdrawal. The irony here is that Bush could sign this bill because it gives him implicit authority to revise the withdrawal date toward perpetuity. Signing the bill would not only avoid a damaging political confrontation at home but also please the vast majority of Iraqis, who, according to the polls, want an American timeline for withdrawal. He might even be able to bolster the al-Maliki government, which has lost six Cabinet...
...periods to be shortened by two days each, with reading periods kept virtually intact. Fall term exams in 2008 would end on Dec. 22, with the break lasting until Jan. 19, 2009. The school year would end on May 12—a week and a half before the date set by the current calendar...
...park.”Instead, it was the Crimson bringing home the runs—and Yale helping them do it, committing five errors in each game.Harvard and Yale were scheduled to play a second doubleheader yesterday that was postponed due to inclement weather. No make-up date has been scheduled.The Crimson travels to Lynn, Mass., tomorrow to take on Boston College in the first round of the Beanpot at Fraser Field.HARVARD 6, YALE 0Harvard jumped on the Bulldogs early and often, scoring all six of its runs in the first four innings, before coasting...
...País called this “the kind of novel Borges would have written.”The novel ambles along, and each character’s story slowly unfolds as though time were no object. But, as in real life, you look at the date and without you even noticing it, 20 years have passed. It’s a somber realization that casts its shadow over the entire book, as the visceral realists and their companions wander the globe, searching for something they’ll never find, slowly losing both their collective identity and their...
...roots of today's intrigue date back to 1965, when Uncle Sam began guaranteeing loans to needy students and paying the interest while the borrowers were in college. Because the private sector was still leery of loaning money to kids with no credit history or collateral, the government sweetened the deal by promising lenders a specified interest rate regardless of what student borrowers pay. Add low default rates (due in part to such dire consequences as garnisheed wages and torpedoed credit ratings) as well as soaring tuitions, and--voil!--lenders are fighting one another to dole out $17 billion...