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Perhaps surprisingly amidst the outburst of prejudice against South Asian people, Shah Mohammed is not althogether gloomy about the future. His biggest worry is that innocent people in countries like Afghanistan may fall victim to American retaliation. Many in the Islamic community at Harvard have families in Middle Eastern countries and fear what will happen, Shah Mohammed said...
...with Webvan? I can't personally say if it was anything to do with their delivery service being lousy, since I've never actually had a Webvan delivery. I would like to have one - it's not like I have a particular desire to waste precious minutes squeezing vegetables amidst harsh halogen lights and Muzak - but every time I made an order on the website, it told me delivery was not possible in the next 48 hours. What, they think I know I'm going to run out of milk three days ahead of time...
...younger, and not a daddy.) The Spinners mount a comeback in the second, and Caroline and I high-five each other and cheer on the home team. I glance out beyond the centerfield fence and see the old Aiken Street Bridge, painted a rust-colored orange and standing out amidst the leafy trees. It looks even more evocative of this mechanics' town than the painting of it on the cover of my dog-eared copy of Kerouac's Dr. Sax. "Dad wasn't kidding," I say to Kevin. "They really have done everything right down here...
...doesn't matter. Because on Monday morning we will still see that moment, even if we are not there, even if we turn the TV off. It will be in our minds, like an image in stencil, drawn sharply for us by its absence amidst all the matter surrounding it, all the more portentious for the danger signs we have hung on its perimeter. For most of us outside Oklahoma City, the terror of April 19, 1995 has faded; McVeigh himself, with his angry-white-male vehemence, already seems a man out of time. His case may be too singular...
Rudenstine came to Harvard with an ambitious, joyful stride, energized and prepared to bring his vision of educational and administrative reform to the University. He was inaugurated amidst great fanfare and frippery, with a two-day celebration featuring faculty symposiums, literary readings, special exhibits and an elaborate outdoor ceremony. Fifteen thousand people attended. No president had ever arrived with such a bang...