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...league, while the Big Green could be assured at least a share of last.Dartmouth’s Michael Lang could have a “Brady Merchant” game on Senior Night to keep this one close, but since Cornell will likely have much more at stake, take the Big Red by seven. —Staff writer Michael R. James can be reached at mrjames@fas.harvard.edu...
...student petition calling for divestment from firms operating in Sudan has re-emerged with a new focus on the Beijing-based oil company Sinopec and has garnered roughly 200 signatures over the past week, according to organizers. The original petition last year urged Harvard to sell its stake in PetroChina, another oil company linked to Sudan. Harvard ultimately divested from that firm last spring.And in a Mass Hall interview yesterday, University President Lawrence H. Summers expressed his hope that Harvard will quickly move to examine the issue of divestment from Sudan-linked companies that remain in its portfolio...
...This is something that can’t wait a year-and-a half. This is about people’s lives at stake.” he said...
...larger bill introduced in the Senate by Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican who heads the Senate Finance Committee. It was inserted in the Tax Relief Act, which provides aid for Hurricane Katrina victims and sets new policies for tax-exempt groups. With so many higher profile issues at stake, the clause on synfuels sailed right through with no discussion. Many lawmakers, if not most, don't even know it's there...
...there is any message that Bush should take forward after the blistering he got last week from virtually the entire Republican Party, it is that "Trust me" is no longer a viable political strategy. That's because nervous Republicans don't--at least not when their futures are at stake. With Bush's bungling of the ports controversy, they are starting to say privately that they cannot afford to risk their fate on the agenda and instincts of an unpopular President who never has to face the voters again. What began months ago as a routine government-approval process...