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Your editorial on NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade (Editorial, May 10) flippantly insists "that this whole episode must be taken into stride" while conceding that "such events would be more palatable if we had more confidence in NATO's operation overall." I beg to differ--the failure on the part of the CIA to distinguish between the address of a suspected Yugoslavian arms agency and the Chinese embassy down the street would be more palatable if we had more confidence in the CIA's intelligence...
...skip first and beg forgiveness later...
...your article on Wendy Shalit's new book, which promotes a return to sexual modesty for young women [THE SEXES, March 1], you said some of the statements in the book seem naive. As a 45-year-old man, I beg to differ with you. Shalit doesn't seem naive to me. She exposes the emperor as having no clothes. Codes of conduct to prevent sexual harassment are obviously better than lawsuits after the fact. And although conservative writer Katie Roiphe complains about being "condescended to by a 23-year-old virgin," she deserves such treatment. The younger generation...
Harvard-Radcliffe Ballroom Dance Club. The basics of four Latin dances. Currier Fishbowl. Beg: W 7:50-8:50 p.m. All levels...
Harvard-Radcliffe Ballroom Dance Club. The basics of four Latin dances. Currier Fishbowl Beg: W 7:50-8:50 p.m. All levels...