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...withdrawals is heard, yet this would be precisely the wrong move. We are starting to make headway in the daunting task of establishing a functional democracy; what Iraq most needs now is increased stability so that the Iraqi people witness the real and definite benefits of democracy come to fruition. Much remains to be done in building a functioning democratic state, and overly self-confident assurances that Iraq is stable are a recipe for disaster...
...Harvard students that are utterly untrue in the name of filling space on a slow news day. The truth of the matter is that Corker fills the role of event consultant and coordinator. His job is to help students who have event plans make their visions come to fruition, not to teach Harvardians to do keg-stands...
...council must also carefully consider how to change the way council members are elected. As Mahan implied in his presentation, if plans to decentralize the council come to fruition, general council elections no longer make sense; membership on the general council will not matter as much as membership on specific committees. Harvard undergraduates should expect that their representatives are able to do what they campaigned to do—on the proposed grants branch, social branch or advocacy branch—not elect representatives who are shoved onto committees for which they did not campaign and may not be qualified...
...Sometimes you're defined by your critics," he says. "My presidency is one that has drawn some fire, whether it be at home or around the world. Unfortunately, if you're doing big things, most of the time you're never going to be around to see them [to fruition], whether it be cultural change or spreading democracy in parts of the world where people just don't believe it can happen. I understand that. I don't expect many short-term historians to write nice things about...
...consequence of the Green Fund, there have been some 20 or more projects that have come to fruition. We’ve seen an average rate of return of close to 40 percent—that’s even better than the endowment,” he said. “And today I am pleased to announce that we are doubling the size of that fund...