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...regarding divestment is complex and the answer involves many human judgment calls. Both our own judgment and Harvard’s precedent, however, make it clear that holding shares in Sinopec fell clearly on the side of divestment. Harvard’s endorsement of this position is reason for brief celebration before we recommit ourselves to ending the genocide in Sudan once...
...lumbering column of tanks. For a moment that will be long remembered, the lone man defined the struggle of China's citizens. 'WHY ARE YOU HERE?' HE SHOUTED AT THE SILENT STEEL HULK. 'YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT CREATE MISERY. My city is in chaos because of you.' The brief encounter between the man and the tank captured an epochal event in the lives of 1.1 billion Chinese: the state clanking with menace, swiveling right and left with uncertainty, is halted in its tracks because the people got in its way, and because it got in theirs ... In a showdown...
...fall into two main components. First, those happily lengthy commentaries on the intensity, frequency, and general delightfulness of drinking bouts. Friends from home, gaffes in the local language, and involvement with the local authorities all make supporting appearances in these stories. After the commentary on partying, then come the brief, usually cursory, remarks on classes—more specifically, comments on their ease. There is, of course, nothing wrong with college kids taking it easy and enjoying the relatively more enlightened drinking laws that govern the rest of humanity. But for a country that will soon face rapidly intensifying political...
Dershowitz is preparing a rebuttal to the Mearsheimer and Walt article that will be posted on the KSG website. Ellwood said in a brief phone interview last night that he would allow "full-time Harvard faculty members" to post responses to KSG professors’ working papers on the school’s site...
...sleep so late?” or “Now I’m so behind schedule,” and then stay in an anxious state until I finally got around to doing something. But this day was different. I stayed in bed until three, with a brief move to the microwave to cook some food, justifying my actions with the fact that I would still be on the beach at this time a day or two earlier. And for a few more hours I was able to completely relax. This is progress. But check back with...