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When Bush and his fellow students crossed the River to Harvard College, then a bastion of liberalism, they felt the cultural chasm: “When we went over to eat in Eliot hall we got sneers,” says Kurz, who now works for an advertising company in Connecticut...
...organization ostensibly empowering women meets at an anachronistic bastion of male elitism? Hmm, makes sense to us. Especially the whole idea of a houseless sorority waiting for frat guys to open the door for them—how 21st century...
...Harvard Club, where hordes of undergrads turn over $160 each summer in exchange for bartenders who prefer ids to IDs, isn’t quite the last bastion of white elitism. A discussion course on African literature in the 20th century began quietly last Saturday...
...notion. The campaign has produced one troubling sex scandal, a couple of sticky-finger financial scams and a claim by a leading democrat that her house was broken into and possibly bugged by pro-Beijing forces. Both sides recognize that Hong Kong's destiny as a privileged bastion of freedom within China could pivot on the polls. "The future political structure," says Audrey Eu, a popular democrat who once ran the local bar association, "is going to be determined by this legislature...
...most adventurous public radio station, KCRW is known for cutting-edge news coverage, arts coverage, and trend-setting music. When celebrities wish to discuss politics too thorny for primetime, they come to KCRW.? Israel/Palestine, Iraq, gay marriage - no one shrinks from hot-button issues.? It?s considered a bastion of free speech and independent thinking. Which was why I had no clue I?d be fired for the following segment from my show...