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...skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up we decide C- (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D’s. Consider C- a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn’t thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. “Locke is a transitional figure.” “The whole thing boils down to human rights...
...firm that's in the business of creating headlines, this one is special: British-based Reuters today announced that its board had agreed, after weeks of negotiations, to a $17.2 billion takeover bid from Canadian information provider Thomson. Assuming anti-trust regulators in the E.U., U.S. and U.K. sign off, the deal will forge the world's largest business news and information provider. Thomson-Reuters, as that merged business is to be known, will be led by current Reuters CEO Tom Glocer...
...bronze, trailing third-place Princeton by just over a second in the Grand Final. Despite the narrow miss, the Black and White still gained on the national competition, taking out rival Dartmouth, a squad it had lost to twice already this season. For the heavies, that was a sign of good things to come. “We feel like our boats have been gaining speed over the course of the season,” Golden said. “And I think this weekend showed that.” The lightweight varsity eight had similar misfortunes, finishing fourth, seven...
...Finally, there is a sign that one of the two major parties is worried about a possible third-party Bloomberg run. The Weekly Standard magazine, the Murdoch-owned bible of the neoconservative movement, has as its latest cover story a cartoon of a diminutive Bloomberg perched in an over-sized, throne-like chair, with the headline: "The Mystery of Michael Bloomberg: Why does a popular but mediocre mayor think he should be President?" Republicans are generally convinced that Ross Perot took a disproportionate share of his 20% of the vote in 1992 out of the hide of the incumbent Republican...
...streets on Saturday, there was no sign of any effort by police to stop the violence. Local reports claimed that the government had not issued firearms to the police, and that paramilitary rangers were not permitted to intervene. Then, on Sunday the government issued shoot-on-sight orders to the rangers, as violence spread...