Word: accomplishing
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Despite the glaring differences between the two sides, there is a corner of consensus. Both sides are united in the desire to strengthen the foundations of civil society. But is there a way to accomplish this in a manner that satisfies all concerned? Is there an evolutionary middle ground? Is it not possible, for example, to be against discrimination toward homosexuals yet not in favor of gay marriage? Compromises are already taking shape. Some cities, including New York, offer bereavement leave and health insurance to the domestic partners of city employees. Stuart Kelman, a Conservative rabbi in Berkeley, California...
...Lisbeth Schorr and her husband, National Public Radio's Daniel Schorr, wrote Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage, which enthusiastically described 24 new programs for children. Today half of them are gone, and Schorr has had a change of heart about what such initiatives can accomplish. "Foundations fund innovative programs for several years with the idea that when they work, public funds will pick up the cost and continue the program," she says. "But that hasn't happened for years. It's an illusion. Anything you want to do in an organized way, a big way, needs government...
...simply because they appear interesting or simply to study with one of our many "superstars." It might push students to take a course or two in areas that area foreign to them, moving beyond the one Foreign Cultures course required for the Core. And whatever else such changes might accomplish, they would certainly provide students with more opportunities to locate their intellectual interests and strengths and produce more broadly-educated graduates than...
...Cambridge, to socialize. It should be a student center with occasional performances and other forms of entertainment; but, most importantly, it should provide a low-key meeting place where people can talk or study while simultaneously enjoying a tasty snack or, soon, an ice-cold Coke. For it to accomplish this end, though, Loker Commons cannot service an unlimited number of people. To the extent that residents of Cambridge and students at Rindge and Latin cause Loker Commons to become more crowded, noisy and frenetic, the environment becomes less conducive to studying and informal gathering by students...
Before we can accomplish these goals, though, we need to have Harvard encourage open and frank discussions of gender between administrators, faculty members, and students. Dean Lewis and the rest of his committee have the potential for bringing about real change. I look forward to hearing the solutions they propose and seeing them put into action...