Word: poste
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...trio of Eagles - Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Timothy B. Schmit - united to remind the audience how that '60s spirit became tempered by the sobering realities of the '70s and '80s, from "Desperado" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to Henley's post-nostalgic "Boys Of Summer...
...think the presidential post should be filled by a woman...
Harvard won't be the first to have granted a female the presidential post; among others, Nannerl Keohane assumed the position at Duke University in 1993 and Judith Rodin has been president at the University of Pennsylvania since the same year. But Harvard has historically been a bastion of WASP gentility--and traces of that aristocratic outlook still exist today. The maids' quarters may now house students, but the male-only final clubs continue to thrive, and those with a Harvard legacy in their family are unjustifiably given preferential treatment in the admissions process. The presidential search is a fortuitous...
...outside of the box. Throughout the country and the international community, heads turn when our name is mentioned. The next University president, secure with the resources afforded by a near-$15 billion endowment, should carry the vision and emphasis on education into the national arena. The nature of the post is such that the efforts made by the president are as symbolic as the choice of the leader. Rudenstine made occasional ventures into the national spotlight, advocating affirmative action programs and funding for university research, but his heart, or at least his agenda, was clearly in the schmoozing...
...this scurrilous political work is that it is being done just at the moment when George W. Bush really is behaving like a f------ moron. His operation is the Original Austin Amateur Hour. Dubya's tractionless, spluttering campaign, belching smoke and throwing rods, seeming to do everything wrong post-Labor Day - arguing idiotically about the debates, for example - seems in itself to dramatize the supposed brain deficit that has been the subject of whispers and eye-rollings for months...