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...President Lowell's original goal for the House system: a greater interaction among vastly different students that would breed understanding and mutual respect. The College faces one of its most important decisions for the next century in the coming days. One can only hope that administrators will make the brave choice and listen to the voices of the many students who, unfortunately, remain unrepresented by the U.C. Harvard College must shoulder its enormous responsibility of educating its sons and daughters not only in literature, chemistry, or history but also in the diverse ways, and diverse people, of the world...
...authorities strove to reassure residents that life after the bankruptcy filing would go on as usual. Officials said the filing would have "no impact" on county police, fire and paramedic services and noted that a $2 billion emergency loan from Merrill Lynch would help meet payrolls. Yet despite the brave words, the county defaulted on a $110 million issue of bonds that had raised money for pensions...
...Harvard were brave enough to terminate its ROTC affiliations, perhaps the military would miss those outstanding graduates. Though, a Rudenstine says, "there does not appear to be any likelihood" of immediate national change, we can at least strive for equality within the University...
...That in itself is a very powerful AIDS intervention," Arlos said. "[Otherwise] people wind up using the syringes of others brave enough to carry them...
This trials-of-Job saga has been told more powerfully in other brave Chinese films (Farewell My Concubine and The Blue Kite), and To Live lacks the surprise and sumptuousness of Zhang's The Story of Qiu Ju and Raise the Red Lantern. But the Chinese censors can still be shocked -- and vindictive. Zhang was recently forced, under the threat of never making another film in his homeland, to write an apology for wanting to promote To Live at Cannes. So one has to ask, How severe is the punishment for the crime of being an honest artist...