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Former President Derek C. Bok views Lowell’s attempt to establish a Jewish quota as an aberration in Harvard’s history, calling it “one unfortunate venture that got nowhere...
...doing, Ferry allowed for a better appreciation of the differences and fundamental similarities between the various genres of poems he performed. The last two lines of verse Ferry read (from a Babylonian poem, “Prayer to the Gods of the Night”) were: “Establish the truth in the ritual omen, / In the offered lamb establish the truth.” And indeed, these words, in their haunting beauty and characteristic poignance, marked a fitting close to the evening...
Gush Shalom, the Israeli peace group Avnery helped to establish in 1992, calls for the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the closure of Israeli settlements, the release of all Palestinian prisoners and the declaration of Jerusalem as a joint capital of the two states...
...Many have discussed globalization as an unforeseen casualty of terror - and nowhere would the sting of American withdrawal be felt more keenly than in Mexico, where a new President promised Mexicans a new, mutually beneficial relationship with the U.S. (That could still happen, of course, if plans to establish a North American security zone gain momentum...
...10th have been deployed to mount search and rescue missions for pilots downed over Afghanistan. And also to establish a precedent, get them on the ground in Uzbekistan even if they don't have any mission, because you have to get them in early if at all - it's a lot easier to get them in there before the shooting starts than after. And they'll also be used in conjunction with special forces if Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts can be established - their role would be to establish a perimeter around the theater of operations to prevent...