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...Harvard" for "a program like ROTC which is committed to military values and priorities that inevitably conflict with the ideals of openness and tolerance for which, we are so often reminded, the Harvard community stands." But this is contradictory to reality. Our nation unquestionably needs an effective military arm, and it is highly unlikely that "the ideals of openness and tolerance" could be practiced at Harvard if our founding fathers and our current government did not field an able military force. The academic freedom and stature we enjoy in this country is possible partly due to the contributions...
...Obukhov implied that Andrei's treatment was not his fault, but he was a victim of circumstances. I walked out of the hospital. A nurse suddenly appeared, leading Andrei by the arm. He was wearing the same light coat in which he had been taken away in early May and his beret. It didn't seem as if he had lost weight; he looked almost bloated. We embraced, in tears. We got in the car. We just sat and wept with our arms around each other. About 20 minutes passed...
...solution, Reagan said, lies in steps to "keep the United States at arm's distance from the South African regime, while keeping America's beneficent influence at work bringing about constructive change...
...pieces in a wicker basket)." To this day the author has "no memory of the incident at all; only of having been told about it . . ." But at the age of eight he had a very accessible dream: "I saw the body of a hanged man dangling from the arm of a scaffold on a hill. When the wind caused the corpse to turn in the air, I saw that it was my face -- rotted and picked by the birds, but obviously mine. And then the corpse opened its eyes and looked at me." Permutations of both incidents would turn...
After last week's currency arm twisting, some such gesture might be needed to add a semblance of calm to the world monetary scene. As Robert Hormats, a vice president at the Goldman Sachs investment firm, puts it, "If some greater perception of unity doesn't come out of these meetings, the markets will be in turmoil." Most money traders probably felt that they had had quite enough turmoil already...