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Perspective chimed in, but split its presidential endorsement between Hulse and Danganan, urging students to rank the two students No. 1 and No. 2, "in either order...
...taking global warming seriously and doing something about it are two very different propositions. The nations gathered in Kyoto are split into several factions, each pushing a different plan to deal with impending climate change, and each--despite a spate of preconference workshops held during the past few months in an effort to narrow the differences--sticking to its guns. "I'm confident that some kind of agreement will be worked out in Kyoto," says Toshiaki Tanabe, Japan's ambassador for global environmental affairs. But there is every likelihood, in fact, that the U.N.-sponsored conference will accomplish nothing substantive...
...designed to facilitate business ties between whites and free men of color; others belonged to a white supremacist league. (As this book reveals for the first time, Degas had some relatives among those free men of color.) Not just the Musson family but all of New Orleans was similarly split. Lingering bitterness against Reconstruction was easily detectable, as was the frantic energy of the cotton brokers in the Musson family firm. Degas was captivated even by the colorful strangers engrossed in their quotidian promenade near the Musson house...
...behind them. But then, things like fast track trade legislation just don't spark political passions. Moderates read the papers and vote, but too often remain on the sidelines as key debates are taking place. We live in a country of Crossfires, in which public discourse is harshly split. This fall, with bitter, partisan campaign finance investigations and the almost comical obstructionism of numerous presidential appointments, the inepitude of an overly partisan government has become painstakingly clear...
Harvard (3-1) earned a weekend split to bring home a third-place finish in the third annual ECAC Holiday Festival Invitational Tournament at Holy Cross's Hart Recreational Center. Harvard dropped its first-round contest to Maryland (3-2) on Saturday, 81-61, but recovered for a 68-54 victory over Mount St. Mary's (2-2) in yesterday's consolation game...