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...least two ways to preview the technological future. First, we'll need a big black cauldron with eye of newt and all that jazz. But seriously, the technology future for graduating seniors will differ significantly from that of the remaining classes...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BARATUNDE R. THURSTON'S Tech Talk | 2/10/1999 | See Source »

...have a dilemma. In addition to my "social analysis" core, I live in Pforzheimer, quite possibly the most-gossip-ridden House at Harvard. The House's small size and friendly atmosphere encourage the chatter phenomenon. How should I govern my own behavior in this cauldron of rumors...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: Gossip Game Theory | 2/5/1999 | See Source »

Silverglate described to me two competing conceptions of university life: the college-as-kindergarten, in which students have the "right" not to be offended or challenged throughout their four years, and the college-as-cauldron, in which challenge is inherent to education. Silverglate himself argues that the "educational process cannot go forward without some offense" and that college is "supposed to be a hostile environment...

Author: By Adam R. Kovacevich, | Title: Stifled Into Silence | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...Anita Hill and her supporters were subjecting him to a "high-tech lynching." Nor was it the first time he has claimed that his conservatism grew from lifting himself out of poverty by his bootstraps, rather than from bald political opportunism. "Having had to accept my blackness in the cauldron of ridicule from some of my black schoolmates under segregation, then immediately thereafter remain secure in that identity during my years at an all-white seminary, I had few racial-identity problems," Thomas declared last week. "I knew who I was and needed no gimmicks to affirm my identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: Says He's Nobody's Slave | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

...about Rialto's hectic schedule, which keeps the dinner-only restaurant active 20 out of every 24 hours. Making our way into the cramped kitchen, the place is as busy as Kate made it sound. Nearly two dozen people are scaling, chopping, peeling and performing similar tasks. Large cauldron-like pots are steaming and trays full of uncooked food are being shuttled back and forth. No matter where I stand, I seem to get in the way, but everyone is cordial and way too busy to ask questions about the young guy not wearing an apron...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: A Tale of True Dining | 4/14/1998 | See Source »

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