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...Older faces were conspicuously absent from the cover. When we South Africans found ourselves faced with the puzzle of getting along in our new democracy, despite our many differences and troubled history, we were able to thread the needle, thanks largely to the good sense that seems to come with a few gray hairs. Young Europeans need to listen to those who are older and wiser. While you may have sought to include this point in your analysis, it was a bit lost amid the flush of beautiful young faces that graced the cover. Greg Ender, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa...
...orphan raised by nuns (and, in a somewhat prescient plot point for a play more than a decade old, molested by priests), Tommy, who works as a waiter, gets engaged to Emma after knowing her for three weeks. Grace hires him, complete with skirt and apron, to replace an absent maid—both in order to help him out financially and to get to know him better. Unfortunately for Emma, he becomes more enamored of Todd, his uniform, and his role as a maid, in that order, than...
...other seniors are as well.”The men’s foil competition will display senior Enoch Woodhouse and sophomore Kai Itameri-Kinter. Woodhouse makes the fourth senior qualifier.The epee squad was in unfamiliar territory, fencing without the 2006 epee national champion, junior Benjamin Ungar, absent for a World Cup event.Although last year Ungar could have petitioned for a bye in regionals and a spot for nationals, rule changes dictate that his decision to fence internationally means he will not be headed to Madison, N.J., in two weeks.“After last year, when he came...
...Though the days have passed when black people were legally considered three-fifths of a person, prejudice is far from absent in contemporary society. Though black people may not be enslaved or living under the suffocating pressure of Jim Crow, we are still gasping for air under the weight of the legacy of systematic injustice in this country. The gloomy economic state of many black communities across the country is one of the most indicative illustrations of this fact...
...definitely a big part of this,” Reese said. “They beat us twice handily, and they’re one of our archrivals.” The tenth-seeded Bulldogs entered the contest without top scorers Sean Backman and Mark Arcobello, who were absent from the lineup for undisclosed reasons. However, despite the loss of offensive personnel, Yale had no trouble finding the back of the net in the game’s first frame. The Bulldogs’ Chris Cahill opened the scoring on the power play at 7:26, bouncing a shot from...