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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...three days before spring break) and the method through which it was delivered signify that the House administrators were either attempting to slip the change in under the radar or simply did not understand the impact that such an announcement might have on rising seniors. Contrary to popular belief, Harvard students generally are more grounded and have better perspective than to waste time or energy whining about tiny bedrooms. But when the promise of good senior housing has been used to justify cramped sophomore and junior rooms, the sudden and casual withdrawal of that promise is positively demoralizing. Furthermore...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Surprise! | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...This goal reflects Miller’s belief that the liberal arts give him all that could be desired: vast knowledge of diverse subjects and a deep understanding of one. It is this kind of conviction that has insured the longevity—if not popularity—of the liberal arts...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What's The Use? | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...Makiya holds firm to his belief that sectarian divisions were not inevitable, that things could have gone otherwise...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘A War Over Memory’: Reconstructing a Nation’s Identity | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...Democratic campaign is Barack Obama’s to lose,” Fournier said, repeating what he called a long-held belief...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Democratic Race is Obama’s To Lose, Says Fournier | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

What do you mean by a Third Wave? It's not a political movement like as a party. I think it's more a belief or a phenomenon that's happening in our society and that the majority of our people are tired of extremism and the exaggerations of the factions on the right and the left, and generally of factionalism altogether. Society is moving in a direction to put people with expertise in charge, people who are both idealistic but also realistic. The extremists of both currents will be eliminated, and the majlis will move toward moderation, reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Rival for Iran's Ahmadinejad | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

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