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December 17, 2005

	Why the Iraqi election provides reason for hope by Lawrence F. Kaplan web only
	Sectarianism wasn't the only reason Iraqis voted by Joseph Braude web only
	TNR's Rough Guide to GOP D.C.
Tony Rudy to squeal?... 7:00 p.m. 12.16.05

Harvard University. Photo by Darren McCollester/Newsmakers

College admissions and Jews
A new history of admissions at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton shows how elite schools arrived at a very strange system of selecting students.
by Nathan Glazer

Editor's Pick War and the Holidays
Celebrating the holiday season during wartime.
10:22 a.m., 12.12.05

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Saturday, December 17

College admissions and Jews
by Nathan Glazer

Friday, December 16

How Democrat Harold Ford could claim a Republican Senate seat
by Clay Risen

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Sectarianism wasn't the only reason Iraqis voted
by Joseph Braude

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In Iraq, reason for hope--finally
by Lawrence F. Kaplan

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Thursday, December 15

Today's election as a modest step forward for Iraq
by Patrick Clawson

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Today's election as the last American benchmark in Iraq
by Spencer Ackerman

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TNR's Rough Guide to GOP D.C.

For Iraqis, Saddam's trial is more than an exercise in justice
by Tamara Chalabi

Wednesday, December 14

In the Fold reinterprets a classic novel--unsuccessfully
by Chloë Schama

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Bad news for China's autocrats
by William J. Dobson

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TNR's guide to the Saddam trial. Part two in a series
by Kal Raustiala

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The liberal case for the Solomon Amendment
by T. A. Frank

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Tuesday, December 13

Why African "land reform" is bad for everyone
by Joshua Kurlantzick

Forgetting the lessons of Vietnam
by Lawrence F. Kaplan

How Cinderella Man went from contender to underdog
by Christopher Orr

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Harold Pinter's vile Nobel speech
by Keelin McDonell

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Monday, December 12

Saddam's trial and Arab nationalism
by Joseph Braude

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McCarthy's brilliant, prophetic, problematic speech
by David Kusnet

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A horror movie that is also explicit political satire
by Lee Siegel

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Condoleezza Rice's finest hour
by James Forsyth

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Sunday, December 11

What the Pentagon Papers revealed
by Eugene McCarthy

Fifteen reasons to vote against a presidential candidate
by Eugene McCarthy

A proposal to distract the rich from politics
by Eugene McCarthy

How artificial turf is ruining baseball
by Eugene McCarthy

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