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...last October, I watched the televised Saddam trial in the company of Abu Hamza, a former senior officer in the Republican Guard. Watching his former boss sitting sullenly in the dock, Abu Hamza shook his head. Even a loyal follower could see no dignity there. Then, in a cool, matter-of-fact tone, he began to talk of Saddam's death. "They will just hang him one night and announce it the next day," he said. "They will bury him quietly and forbid his family from building a mausoleum. After that, they will try to make Iraqis believe Saddam never...
...second issue is that this model would require eliminating the printed version of the CUE guide, presently distributed to every suite at the beginning of the year. (Loss of CUE privileges becomes a fairly meaningless deterrent if every student gets a paper copy in their room, no matter what.) This will, admittedly, inconvenience any student who prefers the printed guide over the online equivalent. We should be prepared to leave those students’ preferences unsatisfied, however; with the online version of the CUE now tied in so thoroughly to the online course catalogue, the paper version?...
...internal candidates, however, are a different matter...
When asked in a recent interview if he were interested in being Harvard’s president, Hyman, as expected, refused to comment. But when asked if he might become dean of Harvard Medical School—his alma matter and the place where he was once a professor—Hyman said he was not a candidate for the deanship. His “unfinished business” at Harvard, he added, involves University-wide issues such as the establishment of a science and engineering committee and the Allston expansion...
...also understands the weird chronology of presidential politics, the patience needed to last through interminable house parties and candidate forums, the fierce compression of time that will take place a year from now when Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina spin through their elections in a matter of weeks. "But his greatest strength is playing hurt," says James Carville. "You just can't go through one of these things without making mistakes, and there is no politician I know who has handled tough times better." His ability to think clearly--to actually think better--under pressure will...