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People everywhere brag and whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version." Exhibit A is the author of that gloomy sentence: Frank McCourt, 66, a retired New York City public school teacher who was born in Depression-racked Brooklyn but spent his formative years in the dank slums of Limerick...
Those kind of numbers might also explain why Harvard has managed to remain need-blind, something Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons '67 brags about at every turn. Need-blind admissions appears to be supported by a sizable group of rich people paying it all out and a small group of students whose education is largely funded by the federal government. Is that the kind of policy Harvard should brag about...
...social chair this year. Furthermore, Josh alleges that the two Currier residents were dealing drugs rather than just possessing them, a much more serious charge. Why does not Josh leave it to the HUPD to make accusations of this kind? Currier residents have enough decency not to brag about the matter. Maybe The Crimson can rise to this challenge of safeguarding people's privacy, or is too much to ask of a paper that has nothing to write about? --Andrew B. Obuvalin...
...taxation is theft or that abortion is murder. Lifers are conservative in the more literal sense of the word--they're not temperamentally disposed toward radical change. They have chosen to orient their life toward steadiness, loyalty and teamwork, so they put a high value on those qualities. Talents brag about wanting to destroy the system; Lifers like systems...
...that NATO for its part seems ready to take a more active role in policing the Dayton police accord. "It appears that NATO is taking its earlier pledges more seriously, and is quietly giving more cooperation on such things as safe-guarding mass grave sites than it chooses to brag about." Sancton says that the NATO action apparently comes as part of a deal in which Muslims would agree not to arrest anyone that has not been formally charged with war crimes...