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Unfortunately, negative campaigning from both sides has obscured the issues in what has become a very tight race—a true tragedy in an election where substantive campaigns could have illuminated the important issues at stake...
...China’s new leadership on the issue of North Korean nuclear weapons. The most effective means of guiding China’s policies into alignment with those of the United States will be through closer economic cooperation between the two nations. The more that China has a stake in international organizations and Western economies, the more likely it is that Sino-American priorities will overlap—particularly when it comes to issues of regional stability. On the other hand, if the U.S. tries to force China to take action against North Korea, China will more likely ignore...
...interest. But this year the Senate is so closely divided that the Louisiana vote might determine which party controls the chamber. Not everyone dreads the prospect of a monthlong political Mardi Gras of party operatives and national reporters traipsing through the state. "With the outcome of the Senate at stake, a December runoff in Louisiana would be the next best thing to the Saints' being in the Super Bowl," exults Republican Congressman Billy Tauzin. (And more likely, given the Saints' NFL history.) "There would be money and madness everywhere." --By Karen Tumulty
...currently shares the Ivy lead with No. 15 Harvard (9-4, 4-0). The game will likely decide this year’s Ivy champion, a title the Tigers have held for the past eight years. An automatic bid for the NCAA tournament is also at stake...
...interest, and less willing to accept his proposals as fair. By unilaterally appointing a professor as ombudsman, the administration risks undermining the impartiality and thus legitimacy of the arbitrator’s position. To avoid conflicts of interest, the ombudsman should be an outsider who has no personal stake in the University. Ehrenreich’s position as a tenured faculty member could make students and employees wary of his ties to the already powerful University administration—making them less likely to come to him with disputes or to accept his proposed solutions as fair and impartial...