Word: mattered
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...astounded when the ad hoc Grape Coalition was formed; never before in my memory had a conservative group taken an active stance in campus politics. Conservatism here tends to be expressed in enforced apathy. The opinions of Harvard students or the Undergraduate Council do not matter in the world, they say, and it is pretentious to think that Pepsi will pull out of Burma just because we say so (I'm sure they pulled out from the goodness of their corporate hearts). But to have a group challenge the very foundation of the progressive liberal orthodoxy was new and frightening...
...bring forth true leaders, people concerned with doing what is right, not just timidly organizing dances and advocating the few weak opinions that everyone on campus agrees to. And now, by smugly attacking progressive leadership, the council's new executives have made their offices meaningless. It doesn't matter if Stewart is president; a trained monkey could tell the administration we want cable...
...this constitutes a "five day break," a glance at a calendar reveals that any student with an exam on Jan. 23 can count the days off on two fingers. Those students lucky enough to finish exams early were rewarded with a vacation. But why should vacation time be a matter of luck...
...know nothing about the charges as of yet,and rape is a horrible thing no matter when ithappens," Murray said
...Madeleine Albright, touring the Gulf Monday and stopping off in Riyadh, conspicuously sidestepped the issue of using Saudi bases. "If we had gotten a yes," fretted one anonymous administration official, "she would have said so." TIME's man at the Pentagon, Mark Thompson, thinks it's only a matter of time ? and pressure. "We saved Saudi Arabia from potential invasion during the Gulf War," says Thompson. "They owe us a lot of money. If we want to use those bases, we will get them...