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...could have seen it coming at any time from 2001, when Putin began a state takeover of the national television news, to more recently, when he tightened rules about how parties can win seats in parliament. But whatever implausible returns there were--like the 99% turnout with a 99% vote for Putin's party in war-torn Chechnya--Putin won because he is, undeniably, deeply popular...
Which is why the critics' claim that this NIE report is a mandate for a new and soft Iranian policy is wrong. John Edwards immediately said the report justified his vote against designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization and imposing sanctions on it. But the NIE's major conclusion is that Iran calibrates its nuclear efforts--including the suspension of the weaponization part--in a real-world cost-benefit reaction to outside pressure. It makes the case precisely for sanctions...
...player—Julie Chu ’07—graduated in June, and Harvard would be relying on a crop of untested newcomers to fill in the gap this year. Yes, the Crimson was still among the top 10 teams in the country, but could you really vote it No. 1 without even seeing it take the ice?Our mystery voter did, and continued to do so every week. And each week, the telepathic waves of mockery we women’s hockey writers sent out at this person began to decrease in frequency because, well, Harvard began...
...Ph.D. Program” incorrectly stated that a proposal for a new Ph.D. program in film and visual studies had not yet gained approval from the Graduate Policy Committee and the Committee on Graduate Education. In fact, the committees have approved the proposal, and it will go for a vote before the Faculty of Arts and Sciences next week...
Restrictive voter registration practices negatively affect the turnout of young voters, according to a study released this week. The study—released by the Student Public Interest Research Groups’ (PIRGs) New Voters Project—examined colleges in Arizona and New Mexico, states with especially restrictive voting laws, during the 2006 election cycle. Last year, students from the National Campaign at the Institute of Politics conducted a similar study, in which they analyzed voting restrictions in five states that required students to register or vote in person for their first election. The new study by the Student...