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...argued, and a coerced one already trades at a discount, repentance offered only in exchange for immunity from further prosecution. This winter we got to watch A-Rod explain his doping and Michael Phelps explain that bong and various presidential appointees account for their tax returns and Republican Party chair Michael Steele beg Rush Limbaugh's forgiveness for telling the truth. Even the Pope, who forgives people for a living, has been having trouble: he had to apologize for ever accepting the lame nonapology of an excommunicated bishop who declared that "there was not one Jew killed...
Now—nearly two years later—Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris leans back in his chair and crosses his arms. His sparsely decorated office marks a striking contrast to the Faculty Room just a floor above. The walls are bare. As I interview him, my eyes fall upon Eliot’s Harvard Classics series on a small gray bookshelf nearby, their gold letters glittering against the red binding...
...WITH THE STARSCurrier HoCo Treasurer Daniel E. Farrell ’10 says that the idea for teaming up with Corcairdhearg was the “perfect blend” of traditional Irish culture and traditional Currier party culture for a spring bash, as Fallon is also a Social Chair in Currier HoCo. “It was like the stars aligned when we had this Irish man with a stellar dancing background,” says Farrell. Stellar is right. Fallon, one of the founders of Corcairdhearg, has been Irish dancing since he was about five years...
...their outrage are rather powerless to act. If AIG failed, almost all experts agree, the damage to the entire financial system would be horrific. So the leadership has little to do but posture. "Unconscionable," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "Outrageous," said her Republican counterpart, John Boehner. Senator Chris Dodd, chair of the banking committee that failed to regulate AIG, called on the executives to "voluntarily" forgo their bonuses. The best the government looks able to do is insist on some tough new pay restrictions going forward before giving AIG its next installment of $30 billion...
...things like, "This person belongs to us," "You have no power over us," "You can't defeat us." They are usually very dramatic in the sense that the person will be screaming at the top of their lungs. There can also be shaking. Picture a person sitting in a chair with their arms sticking straight out, their legs sticking straight out, convulsing. That's common...