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...whom I spoke pointed to self-imposed expectations as a cause of the intense atmosphere on campus, an atmosphere not often conducive to happiness. By transforming it from a subconscious desire to a self-conscious necessity, the aggressive nature of Harvard students ironically makes happiness more difficult to attain. One student explained that he felt obligated to go to as many dinners, seminars, and speaker events as possible, simply to avoid “shortchanging” his college experience. Hearing this, I couldn’t help but wonder: what did it mean when opportunities were no longer individual...
...hawks' skepticism of the effectiveness of negotiations in stopping nations going nuclear is not without foundation. In today's geo-strategic reality, there's no good reason why any nation state that has the means to attain nuclear weapons would accept a status quo that nukes them out of its hands, while leaving them in the hands of its enemies. Indeed, the strongest impulse to build nuclear weapons, in Iran, as everywhere else, comes from the fact that its key enemies are nuclear-armed and the resulting belief that a nuclear deterrent is therefore essential to Iran's national security...
Cross said that while some students in the Distance Learning Program choose to attain degrees by attending additional classes on campus, no official Harvard degree programs are offered online...
...past, the Crimson has been particularly successful in overcoming similar setbacks to attain that yet to be played for post-season success. Harvard is, after all, one of just a smattering of programs to qualify for the NCAA tournament each of the past three seasons, despite successive letdowns in the Beanpot each year that might have forecast a different fate...
Early in his talk Friday, Summers noted that many women with young children are unwilling or unable to put in the 80-hour workweek needed to attain tenure status on elite faculties...