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Miracle worker or not, Mother Teresa was now a media star. A decade after the documentary, she received the Nobel Peace Prize because "poverty and distress also constitute a threat to peace." At her request, the traditional banquet was canceled so the $7,000 cost could go to the poor. "We need to tell the poor that they are somebody to us," she told the audience of rich and honored guests, "that they too have been created by the same loving hand of God, to love and be loved...
...narrative begins in 1991 with Milwaukeeans living under a black nationalist's threat of "all-out guerrilla warfare" in the city within five years. Throughout the book, Coleman finds white and black nerves fraying: a prosperous black Republican publisher relates the story of a racist slight at an awards banquet and tells Coleman, "You can achieve all you want to achieve in life, but you can't never get past being a nigger." In the end, Coleman says, it's up to whites, who "can either give up on the idea of racial harmony and just...
...which is something to take home in your head." In the Company of Men is the toxic antidote to such disposable entertainment. Love it or loathe it, the picture sticks to you like guilt sweat after adulterous sex. It leaves a little spoor trail. Food for thought? No, a banquet for debate and denial...
Cabot Profesor of American literature Alan E. Heimert, Senior Preceptor in Visual and Enivormnental Studies (VES) Robb Moss, and Cabot House resident tutor Matt Lieberman were all honored by their students at the banquet, which was held in the Eliot House dining hall...
...awardee will receive a plaque and will be invited to the annual Levenson Banquet as an honored guest. This spring event honors outstanding teaching by professors and teaching fellows...