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...years in anticipation of just such a high-stakes face-off. Now, with the swing vote of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor hanging in the balance, they have no intention of saving it for a rainy day. Soon after the choice of Alito was announced, the organization Progress for America launched a $425,000 one-week media campaign in support of the nominee. The liberal group People for the American Way is starting a slow rollout of its own spate of anti-Alito commercials, the fastest it has ever started a campaign after the selection of a new nominee...
...opposition.The U.S. is a safer, healthier, and fairer place to live in than it was 50 years ago, due in large part to the Court’s affirmation of fundamental constitutional rights. Since then, civil-rights legislation, environmental protection, and legal abortion have contributed to the progress of our society. People who oppose such core rights and protections have no place on the Supreme Court...
...uproar over the initiative. The Authors Guild, which represents more than 8,000 writers, filed suit to stop Google Print in September, and the Association of American Publishers, which includes more than 300 publishing houses, filed a separate but similar lawsuit in October. Although there has been no further progress on either of the lawsuits, Harvard spokesman John Longbrake wrote in an e-mail that the University believes that “Google’s treatment of in-copyright works is consistent with copyright law.” Google had previously announced that it would allow publishers to remove...
...said junior defenseman Dylan Reese. “We came out to play against Dartmouth, especially in the third period.” But even the improved effort isn’t enough for Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91, who still sees plenty of room for progress. “We gave up a goal in the first minute of the first two periods [against the Big Green], we gave up too many out-numbered rushes, and we spent too much time in our own zone in the first half of the game,” Donato...
...foregone their Zelda t-shirts and flood pants and embraced the niceties of a crisp white oxford and leather satchels.As a fashion columnist (really, the highest form of modern anthropologist), I regard metrosexuality with mixed feelings. Of course, in many ways it’s a sign of societal progress. According to the well-known mathematical principles of Harrington’s Law, any increase in awareness of fashion trends benefits society as a whole. And by society, I mean me. However, metrosexuality has hidden dangers: when taken to its logical extreme, one can end up looking more like Ricky...