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...sides have more in common than they openly admit. Iraq's Arab Shi'ites and Sunnis come from the same ethnic stock (the Kurds, a different ethnic group, tend to be Sunni) and share the same language and diet. They even dress alike, although Shi'ites have a special fondness for black, a color associated with one of their historic heroes. From appearance alone, a Shi'ite would not be able to identify a Sunni on the streets of Baghdad any more than a Catholic would be able to point out a Protestant...
These personal connections were not a public relations stunt. Summers put his budget and his administration on the line. He challenged faculty to dramatically increase the quality of a Harvard education. From the moment he arrived, Summers understood the embarrassing fact that Harvard is great because we admit great students, not because we give them a great faculty-led education. Of course, the students know this too, explaining why Harvard students rate their educational experience less positively than the students at almost all of our peer institutions. Summers led the charge to revamp the curriculum and improve the quality...
...have to admit, I find the entire process of finding a summer job very intimidating. Last summer, as my friends’ internships led them to conquests on Wall Street, launchings of their 2024 presidential campaigns, establishments of new religions, etc., I found myself coaching 10-year-olds at a youth football camp (Motto: “No! Run the other way!”). At night, while my classmates were in Chile discovering extrasolar planets, I was in my pajamas discovering the identity of the Half-Blood Prince. While some students were interning at hospitals learning how to save...
...active the entire time. Contrary to widely held opinion, black women have made huge contributions to American history that go well beyond simply giving birth to and supporting black men. Women such as Ida B. Wells, Ella Baker, and Shirley Chisholm (whom I’m ashamed to admit that I myself never heard of until I came to college) each made complex contributions to the social and political history of the United States. Thanks to Wells, the issue of lynching was forced to the front of the national conscience. Baker, among her many accomplishments, led significant grassroots efforts toward...
...legal system to work." Even if the jailed witness changes testimony on the stand--and prosecutor Goldberg says she can't remember a murder trial in which someone hasn't backtracked on his or her story--the witness's mere presence in court allows the prosecutors to admit earlier statements pointing toward the defendant's guilt...