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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...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Big Man on Campus | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gadfly: The Week in Buzz | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gadfly: The Week in Buzz | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong Has a Passion for Politics | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I Lost My Radio Show | 3/16/2004 | See Source »

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