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First Amendment sentinels like Wendy Kaminer, a lawyer and the author of Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and the Perils of Piety, fear that given America's overwhelmingly Christian cast, even neutral Bible instruction would amount to preferencing. "If you teach the Bible outside of close conjunction with other religions," she says, "then it becomes a kind of promotion of the majority faith. It becomes too hard for most folks to draw the line between teaching and preaching." Yet the American Jewish Congress's Stern, who has participated in Supreme Court establishment-clause-violation cases, sees Bible...
That may be true. But the Bush Administration is beginning to recognize that to stabilize Afghanistan and prevent the rebirth of al-Qaeda, it has to contain the growth of Talibanistan. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher announced in Islamabad that the U.S. intends to give an extra $750 million to Musharraf over the next five years to support development in the tribal areas. "I think this commitment to the development of Pakistan, this commitment to a long-term relationship, is another example of the very broad and deep relationship we have and that we are developing with Pakistan," Boucher...
...what Housing Day is about. It’s about the swag. Here’s how to get it all: 1) Go naked. Your winter pastiness should be enough to have people literally throwing shirts at you. 2) Hit up the blocking day Stein Club circuit. Extra perk: free beer. 3) Start your own non-profit claiming to bring Harvard House t-shirts to third-world countries. 4) Surreptitiously sneak under the table and blow the shirt distributors. 5) Go into I-Banking. This delightfully vague Harvard classic seems to be a solution for everything. The more successful...
...catchers have already found extra playing time by shedding the tools of ignorance and slotting into the lineup at different positions. Kramer is getting reacquainted with his first-baseman’s mitt—“I hadn’t really played a lot since high school,” he says—and Casey and Roth are both prospective designated hitters...
...With her start yesterday, the senior set another school record with her 11th NCAA Tournament appearance. “Her dad loved the thought of Harvard, probably more than Shay did,” Delaney-Smith said. “There could have been a little extra because of that decision, but I don’t think that her performance was necessarily out of the ordinary.”Doron wasted no time making her presence felt offensively, answering Crimson forward Katie Rollins’s game-opening layup with a three-pointer at the 18:14 mark...