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...early 1980s, the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre related a similar concern on a broader level; although we rate many things “good” or “bad” and pretend to operate as if we have absolute definitions these values, we in fact we have none. Therefore, in “After Virtue,” MacIntyre implores humanity to create agreed-upon laws based on rational virtues. Without such standards, issues of conflicting values reign. Sports as usual represent a microcosm of this dilemma. UConn’s team may have won more consecutive games...
...halved since Bush took office. "They don't want to be branded by the degree." Interest has been so low at Lancaster University that administrators have decided to phase out their program; the 14 freshmen who entered it in October will be the last to do so. According to Alasdair Spark, a lecturer in American studies at the University of Winchester, high school students selecting their majors are particularly sensitive to criticism of the U.S. on issues such as torture and global warming. "Would you study English if you were told novels were evil?" he asks...
From a distance, the life of the brilliantly subversive Scottish writer and artist Alasdair Gray has often seemed one of chaos and dissipation. Things don't look much better up close in Rodge Glass' Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography, which variously paints him as garrulous, self-centered and a "bloody devious old bastard" to boot. That's probably not the picture Gray had in mind when he agreed to let Glass, his factotum and former student, be his biographer and shouted, "Be my Boswell ... Tell the world of my genius...
...Gadams' husband, retired banker Alasdair Morrison, has completed all 4 Deserts legs and finds personal growth in the wilderness. "These events put life into perspective in many ways," he says. "Your needs on the races are quite basic and there is a lot about everyday life that you see is superfluous...
...then the scene continued and I was just completely hitting on the other character. For the rest of the scene people were adding sound effects of “Douche! Douche! Douche!” as I was being a douche. You kind of had to be there. Alasdair R. Wilkins ’10RR: How did you get involved in IGP?AW: Well, I’ve been doing improv since freshman year of high school, and when I saw their first show, I was like, “This is a million times better that what...