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Tierney’s trip itself was a pleasant break from studying, but parking the van in the incredibly awkward lot near Lesley College is the day’s most daunting task. PBHA policy dictates that when someone is backing up, someone else must always get out of the car and signal to the driver. Griffin dutifully pops out of the van. “Don’t let me hit anything, Steve,” she pleads as the van nearly brushes the van next to it. He laughs from the outside, puzzling over the geometry...
...intent of this awkward relationship is to allow the University wiggle room between patriotism and diversity. It can claim to celebrate those among us who choose to serve their country, while it keeps the military’s homophobia far enough away physically and financially to prevent protest in the Yard and parsimony during donation season. And to those who might consider such distancing disrespectful to the students who express their patriotism through military service, the University can conveniently respond that cadets have the opportunity—indeed, the privilege—of holding their ROTC graduation right here...
...coke, heavy metal, M.B.A.s). It's hard to cultivate warmth for a decade that you're portraying as soulless and lame, especially if your characters are equally empty. There's easy nostalgia (remember Dynasty? remember "Where's the beef"?), and there's getting a decade's spirit (remember the awkward attempts to combine the social liberties of the '70s with the social conservatism of the '50s?). That '70s Show meets both goals; with its lower-middle-class teens coming of age in a decade of lowered expectations, it's a good-hearted remembrance of people. That '80s Show...
...Delhi offered, "choosing Osama bin Laden would have provoked howls of outrage from an already indignant public, but your principles would have remained unquestioned." And as always happens, readers came up with their own ideas. A Massachusetts reader had an interesting suggestion: "A much better solution than your awkward attempt at circumventing the bin Laden problem would have been to designate Sept. 11 the Day of the Year...
TIME: You've said repeatedly since Sept. 11 that the world community should tackle poverty, global warming, inter-faith understanding, peace between Israelis and Palestinians and many other ambitious reforms. Aren't you in an awkward position wanting to remake the world but really depending on the U.S. to make that happen? BLAIR: It's not just America that has to be involved. Europe's got to be involved too. We've got choices. We can do it or not do it. But the reason I believe we should do it is because I believe it's important...