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The same is true of the Second World War: when Hitler was getting ready to invade Czechoslovakia, and in so doing finally expose the lack of courage on the part of the western democracies, your President wrote a letter to the Czechoslovak President imploring him to come to some agreement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commencement 1995 | 6/24/1995 | See Source »

Today, having the freedom not to be forced to believe in anything is one of Carter's strongest convictions, and is an important part of her independent spirit. "I don't believe in God because of what I call my fascist youth--when I was in a boys' and girls...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Tracey L. Carter can barely sit still. She leans backwards over the Chair then swings back up to answer my questions. | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

But I will graduate tomorrow believing that myclassmates and I have failed to get the most ofwhat Harvard could offer. I don't know whom toblame for that. Maybe the University didn'tstretch us enough, or maybe we failed to stretchthe University.

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Parents' Optimism Is Today's Apathy | 6/7/1995 | See Source »

I think that if I had received it when I was still confused about being gay, I would have been scared that gay men really do "show much greater vanity, cliquishness, pettiness, and pique, and less forcefulness or strength of character." Your letter was an exhortation against believing that gay...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: A Relationship in an Envelope | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

On Friday morning unarmed Andrew Jopling, 24, in front of dozens of astonished tourists who had quietly lined up for their White House tour, hoisted himself over the fence and was immediately and rather quietly handcuffed by officers who hustled him into a guard booth for questioning, believing for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A MAGNET FOR ODD INTRUDERS | 6/5/1995 | See Source »

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