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...easiest way to start an academic brawl is to ask what an educated person should know. The last time Harvard University tackled that question was in 1978, when it established its Core Curriculum, which focused less on content than on mastering ways of thinking. Like Harvard's so-called Red Book standards of 1945, which helped inspire a generation of distribution requirements, the core had broad resonance at other major universities. Now, after a four-year process initiated under controversial former president Lawrence Summers, the nation's most famous university has come up with a whole new set of guidelines...
...Material Girl's adoption of a 1-year-old from Malawi last year, "It's a country where there is no real legal framework for adoption. Personally, I prefer to stay on the right side of the law," it sounded like the makings of an A-list mama brawl. But Jolie, whose adopted children Maddox, 5, and Zahara, 2, are from Cambodia and Ethiopia, later issued a statement saying her words had been taken out of context: "I feel we must encourage everyone to be supportive so that every child can adjust nicely to their new home." Offer up Brad...
...Hizballah officials in Beirut say the movement has no intention of starting a new brawl with Israel. They say a new war would most likely be sparked by Israel launching a preemptive strike against Hizballah defenses, or by targeting its leaders. Nasrallah is still in hiding to avoid a possible Israeli attack, although Israel's willingness to kill him seems lately to have dimmed, according to Western diplomats in Beirut...
...structure of the men's professional tour practically begs for a brawl, with lots of competing interests steeped in tradition and little incentive to work together. Unlike many professional sports leagues, which are made up of a collection of more-or-less cooperative clubs, De Villiers represents a coterie of competing constituents. The ATP oversees the maze of tournaments around the globe and is co-owned by the tournament directors and the players, groups whose interests often clash...
...days following the incident at Columbia, I was surprised at my friends who had participated in the brawl. I was frustrated with the Columbia administration’s bumbling response. And I was annoyed by all the attention Bill O’Reilly was giving the issue—the head of the College Republicans appeared on “The O’Reilly Factor” soon after the incident, condemning the “liberal bias” at Columbia...