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...Similarly, at times Armenian activists have allowed their fixation with the word “genocide” to trump their respect for historical fact. In attempts to convince the world that genocide took place, activists rely at times on inflated death tolls and disputable sources to prove their points. Armenian activists must realize that the accusation of genocide is grave and that using any source or figure that is even remotely disputable is an irresponsible act that only undermines their cause. Carelessly spreading inaccurate information insults both the Turkish and Armenian peoples, slandering the Turkish nation for crimes...
...Others said that they felt that what Armitage called “a radical move for students to deploy their intellectual armory” might in fact be a very sensible move to complement the College’s soon-to-be-launched Gen Ed curriculum...
...capable of winning,” captain Jeff Overington said. “I don’t think we feel like underdogs, but we realize that Princeton is very fast and they’re undefeated as well.” The stakes are only increased by the fact that it is the final race for the lightweights before Eastern Sprints in two weeks, where the Crimson will face the Bulldogs and Tigers once again, and therefore the last chance for Harvard to test itself under race conditions. “The championships are the top priority...
CORRECTION: The April 23 article originally entitled "Students Push for ROTC Credit" incorrectly stated in the headline, sub-headline, and twice in the article text that the Harvard Republican Club was protesting for Harvard ROTC participants to receive course credit for their ROTC classroom work at MIT. In fact, the Republican Club was pushing for "official recognition" of ROTC, which would entail that Harvard use language more accepting of the program in its annually-published student handbook and that the University subsidize cross-registration fees for Harvard students doing their ROTC work at MIT, but not that academic credit...
...whatever the cause, the tragedy has thrust Lechuza's obscure but powerful owner, multi-millionaire Venezuelan banker and polo fanatic Victor Vargas, into the spotlight he usually avoids. In fact, since the beginning of the week, Vargas has not been seen at the Palm Beach Polo Club in Wellington; newspaper reports in the Palm Beach Post and other South Florida media say he's either holed up in the $70 million Palm Beach mansion he purchased last year - one of six homes he owns in Venezuela, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Europe - or has flown overseas...