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Garwin was afraid that she would get cold feet about her decision once she was actually in London, but she says that hasn’t been the case...
...Postelection Pivoting "Searching for a Strategy" [Nov. 20] reported that some Republicans are afraid "the White House is about to abandon the neoconservative project to bring democracy to the Middle East." But what right does the President have to decide which system other countries should live under? Democracy has to be desired, demanded and understood by the people. Look at the histories of prominent democracies; most involve civil wars, revolutions or painful, bloody transitions. In Iraq the concept of democracy is strange and new, so it is inevitable that democratization will be a long, drawn-out process with many pitfalls...
...combines raw intellectual horsepower and inventiveness with a remarkable work ethic, and he is not afraid to challenge established arguments and ideas, inside and outside the classroom,” Hiscox, Hemel’s thesis advisor and one-time professor, wrote in an e-mail...
Some cynics might argue with me by saying that a UC president has no business in hogging up the social spotlight, and that the post is bestowed in order to accomplish something, regardless of visibility. There is certainly some degree of truth in this, but I’m afraid it is to conceive of politics in a very limited sense; of course leaders are meant to be do-ers, but they are also meant to be community representatives, students who are not merely servants of the college, but also symbols of them as well. Politics is, and has always...
...runner-up to America’s Junior Miss 2004 (Top Five) and National Interview winner as Wisconsin’s Junior Miss 2004. FM: How do people at Harvard react when they find out that you have done pageants? AEB: I think people are really afraid of juxtaposing beauty and academic talent and intelligence, so I do think it’s a shock to some people. WGH: It’s like that whole thing that people think that you can’t be smart and beautiful at the same point. It’s kind...