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Residential "blocking" strikes me as a lousy system for arranging students--whether in groups of eight, 16, or any other (Editorial, March 12). Instead, I suggest that the College consider an approach that has worked well for my alma mater, Yale: Assign first-years to Houses before they arrive in September and group them in the Yard so that, for instance, Eliot first-years are assigned to Matthews...
...middle and high school, your parents' role changed, from Omnipotent Provider to Bewildered Policeman. They enforced rules when they could, but most of the time they wondered what they were missing. "Was Millard Fillmore Day a school holiday before?", they wonder. "Do all English classes assign a 'close reading' of Busty, Lusty Ladies...
...lost the trial? Most critics point to Bronx district attorney Robert Johnson. For one thing, Johnson, who is African American, chose not to assign any blacks to the prosecution team, which probably meant a less passionate presentation of the case. Race was never articulated as an issue at the trial, even though its presence was pervasive. Prosecutors backed off the defendants when they stood by their stories and appeared remorseful; the government also failed to press key points, including the possibility that Carroll was actually within the vestibule when the shooting started. More than a case lost, however, the trial...
...past five years, a new police superintendent has turned the department around. Richard Pennington invited the FBI in, asking it to assign three agents to his new Public Integrity Unit. He tightened the screening process for recruits, looking not only for criminal records but also for money troubles that could make them susceptible to financial temptation. Complaints against the department are down 27% in five years, the city's murder rate fell 31% last year, and public confidence is growing...
...welfare bill before resigning because he could not stomach it. He was acting out of principled thinking. But whatever one's reasons, total constancy to the ideal is unrealistic. A Few Good Men was about the potential inhumanity of too much Semper Fi. Even dogs, to whom we assign unswerving devotion, will, because they are dogs, bite the hands that feed them. (Semper Fido...