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...certain hilarious pungency. He records the time in London toward the end of the war when a V-1 bomb fell close by; everyone else in his office fell to the floor, but as a coworker's journal noted, "Arthur... boldly looked out the window." Mr. Toad was brave...
Apparently rushing the field is a Dartmouth homecoming tradition. Of course, so is losing to Harvard. Here's to those two brave souls, who risked probation and suspension to make a larger point to the Dartmouth administration: next time you invite all your alumni to attend a football game, don't invite the team that has beat you by 42 points twice...
...reading Coles's stories about morally brave and conscientious people, there is the temptation to react with cynicism. One might see the whole endeavor as ultimately futile-after all, it's very easy to talk about moral leadership and bemoan its absence (or if not its absence, its weakness) in contemporary American politics, but honestly, what can be done? Or perhaps all these examples of moral leadership just seem like a slightly more sophisticated version of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series...
...simple. I promised that we would leave no stone unturned to find a partner for peace. And now I should tell you that with the same determination that we looked for a reasonable, honest peace of the brave, we will struggle if Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian Authority will try to impose their own will upon us through the use of violence. We are a tough and small people who want peace, but we are ready to fight if necessary. Arafat initiated and launched this violence, sending innocent, incited citizens, together with policemen and Tanzim people and kids 10 years...
...supposed to feel sorry for these people, and be inspired by their brave struggles to recover from all those wounds. But some of us are bound to take umbrage at the film's vulgar manipulations. Set in terminally tacky Las Vegas, Pay It Forward is as rigged as a casino slot machine, preying on people's hopes but paying off only for the house...