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...Anytime somebody says you don’t belong somewhere, it bothers me regardless of what the context is,” Morris says. “I don’t feel their opinion matters. A lot of people don’t understand the level of commitment that any sport takes, and in the case of our sport it’s a little higher than most. But anytime you work so hard and so long just to be out there and people take away from that, it’s going to hurt...
...show diversity and prove that Harvard has indeed become a welcoming institution for all kinds of people. But inside that room we felt anything but welcome. From the minute we walked in, the looks we received were ones of confusion; there was a distinct feeling that we did not belong. We did not look like the Class of 1957 and, more importantly, we did not look like the grandkids of the Class...
...then stood, the new "Culture Plaza" is now strung with Christmas-style lights and emblazoned with a dozen glowing signboards. One instructs Chinese citizens to "Warmly Congratulate the Communist Party's 16th Congress." Another displays a news item about President Jiang Zemin seeking "advice" from Chinese who don't belong to the Party. Asked what he thinks of the story, a bystander replies indifferently, "These are decisions made at the top. There's no point having an opinion." The dissident is dismayed by the man's apathy. "This is the state of Chinese today," he says. "It saddens...
Graham said it would be wrong to brand the innocent teachers, doctors and politicians who belong to the organization’s political arm as terrorists...
...appreciate as a Shiga trademark, two thirds of the way through "Double Happiness" Tom takes an absurdly cruel beating at the hands of some thugs who seem to think he knows something he doesn't. Suddenly the context of everything shifts as Tom discovers all of his new friends belong to an extortion gang. But even this twist has nothing on the bizarre and totally unexpected ending. It is rare that a comic catches me completely off guard but "Double Happiness...