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Almost four years later, there are no lingering feelings about the decision on either end. When the Quakers and the Crimson face off in what has become a nearly annual showdown to determine the Ivy crown, there is too much at stake to reminisce about one player’s decision. Today, Bagnoli has nothing but praise for the wiry kid that he admittedly “tried like heck” to recruit...
...youth voter turnout makes absolutely no sense considering that young people had the most at stake in this election. Senior citizens and Baby Boomers vote in droves, but they won’t be the ones ultimately most affected by Tuesday’s implications. The scope of the issues directly relating to youth that the president will have to address over the next four years is staggering. There are four Supreme Court Justices over the age of 70 currently serving on the court. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is severely ailing and may resign within the year. The conservative...
...endorsed an effort spearheaded by two Harvard juniors to force the University into selling its estimated $3.8 million stake in PetroChina, a Beijing-based oil firm with extensive links to Khartoum...
...yesterday afternoon, eight faculty members and 180 students had signed an online petition at www.harvarddivest.com, calling on the University to sell its 72,000-share stake in PetroChina...
...crucially, in the drafting of the new Iraqi constitution. But the biggest danger may be that a low Sunni turnout would undermine the legitimacy of any new government and dash prospects of a quick postelection pacification of the resistance. "If the Sunnis don't feel they have a stake in the national government," warns a Western diplomat, "they will be a constant source of friction within the political system." Failure to secure Sunni participation in the new government could drive more Sunnis into the arms of the insurgents, delaying a peaceful pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq. "If the Sunnis...