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...have to admit that I was caught off guard by sophomore Alex Herzlinger's letter to the editor (Nov. 17); I never expected that what I wrote (Commentary, Nov. 13) was so inflammatory. But as the issues he raises are very important, I will try to respond in brief. I will not deal as thoroughly with the "facts" he puts forward--they are partial truths at best--but rather will discuss the manner in which he characterizes our efforts...
After this brief vacation, the implication seems to be, bonded Harvard and Yale students return to our important business while the rest of our compatriots continue to languish in their frivolous lives. Certainly snobbery of this sort is a blemish, like flatulence or a stain on a shirt, that plagues many of us from time to time. But as with those unpleasantries, it really is nicer for everyone if we don't flaunt it in public. --Aron R. Fischer...
Others were more optimistic about the brief homecoming. "On Thanksgiving Day, I played football, ate turkey and homemade apple pie. It doesn't get any more American than that," said Tim J. Arnold '00, who took friends home to Maine for the holiday...
...essence, China is waging a war of attrition against dissidence--and winning. While the Chinese government wouldn't have let Wei go without pressure from the U.S. and President Jiang Zemin's successful summit with Bill Clinton, China ultimately risked little in Wei's departure beyond a brief loss of face. Because the government has a tight grip on information, Wei and other exiles can do little to get their message heard at home. Even now, most Chinese don't know...
...brief, if Joe Stalin were still alive and available, I would have tried to get him as, a Nieman speaker on the hunch that he might have some interesting things to say. And last spring the Nieman Fellows spent some hours interrogating that notable non-Stalinist newspaper publisher, William Loeb, in Manchester, New Hampshire. This Foundation's tradition is, in fact, as your editorial complains, "eclectic"--and we mean to keep it that way. James C. Thomson Jr. Curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism