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...getting uglier, sticking British troops with an expensive and dangerous task. All of which explains why a U.S. official expects Blair's speech to Congress will have to "speak truth to power," if only to guard against more jibes at home about being Bush's poodle. He knows his oft-stated vision of a more cooperative global order - and maybe even his job - depend on whether he can help shift the U.S. toward a more respectful, accommodating attitude to the rest of the world. While he will be speaking for many countries beside his own, for Blair to preach internationalism...
...this oft-told tale another Founders myth, like Washington's confessing to axing his father's cherry tree? The latest skepticism is voiced in a quirky new book, Bolt of Fate (Public Affairs), that calls the whole thing a hoax, echoing the spoofs Franklin confected for Poor Richard's Almanack. But author Tom Tucker's evidence is slim. He makes much of the improbability of flying a kite weighted down by a heavy key, ignoring Franklin's long history of kite flying, and of his delay in publicizing the experiment, though only three months elapsed. More to the point, scientific...
Harvard’s two nonleague losses came to top-25, scholarship teams by a combined four points. And for the most part, the Crimson was able to will itself to victories, despite a plethora of newcomers, rotating quarterbacks and an oft-injured captain...
...other cases involving non-tenured faculty, the University’s record was not as exemplary, despite the oft-told story of Harvard’s bravery against McCarthyism cited in Summers’ speech...
...been up to Graham forge a clear mission for the oft-unfocused school...