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...class despite having had two weeks to get it done. Tom Wright Burke, Virginia, U.S. Ramallah's Renaissance Re Your article " Palestine's Oasis Of Artistic Freedom," about the cultural revival in the West Bank city of Ramallah [Dec. 19]: Maybe the world will begin to understand that before the so-called Israeli occupation can end, the terrorist occupation of the Palestinian territories must cease. When Hamas, Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa are stopped, then Palestinians will be able to live free. Israel is not preventing the Palestinians from having the freedom to express themselves through art and culture...
...know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point. The artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us begin with the question, “Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?”The equivocator would answer it in this way: “Some people believe that David Hume was not necessarily a great philosopher because his thought...
...communication with the professors who use the anthology for teaching. The other key to the anthology’s popularity, Greenblatt said, is its accessibility to a wide range of students. Since a survey of English literature is required at many colleges, some students enrolling solely for academic credit begin the class expecting to be bored, Greenblatt said. “The question is how to seduce them,” he said. In an interview in his office Monday, Greenblatt was enthusiastic about the anthology and his opportunity to contribute to its continued success. He said the anthology should...
...raised the spectre of budget deficits of over $100 million by 2010 and outlined special measures to dampen the impact of the Faculty’s recent high-cost initiatives.At a meeting of the full Faculty, the three professors, members of the FAS Resources Committee, said the Faculty would begin dipping directly into its endowment by 2010 in order to pay for part of the deficit. Their presentation outlined a plan to “decapitalize” part of the Faculty’s endowment—a rare measure that transfers additional endowment money into the budget...
Alito’s Senate confirmation hearings begin today. Fried and Tribe both say they expect to testify Thursday afternoon or Friday morning...