Word: makeing
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...overseers' diversity comes at a high cost, however. Originally founded in the 17th century as a group of ministers that was supposed to make sure the Corporation toed the Puritan party line, the Board now has little power and meets only five times a year. Things have been more exciting recently, however, as a pro-divestment alumni group, the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid, has elected several dissident members to the Board, including Tutu...
...might not think Jewett the sort who would buck tradition. But lately, he has done just that, spearheading efforts to change Harvard's annual housing lottery to make the system more random. Last year, he raised cries for blood among first-year students by pushing through a system of "nonordered choice" in which rising sophomores are randomly assigned to one of the four upperclass Houses they select on their housing form...
...real test of a movement is not how long it lasts but what it leaves behind. The Glass trilogy, especially its masterpiece Satyagraha, will survive in memory and repertoire. As heard on successive nights at Stuttgart, it is an overwhelming experience, a kind of modern Ring cycle whose components make their effect both individually and collectively...
...response to what Bush described as "shots across my bow" by prominent Democrats, White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater fired back on the savings-and-loan issue. "I see disturbing signs of Democrats wanting to make this political against Republicans, and I just want to put them on notice that it plays both ways," Fitzwater said. "The Democrats have a big role" in the S&L crisis, he added, citing three former leaders of the House who left under ethical clouds and two current Senators facing ethics investigations. Fair enough so far. But Fitzwater then overreached in seeking to implicate...
...speech for the conservative Helms (who frequently snaps at Bush's right ankle), the President warned that "the liberal Democrats want us to make reckless defense cuts." On their pet domestic programs, however, the same liberals "measure progress by dollars spent...