Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pity people who, when graduating, have no interest in going into law, medicine, academia, public service or business. The vast majority of Harvard graduates in recent years have taken one of these five paths. These are obviously great choices if one wants to be a lawyer, doctor, scholar, civil servant or financier. But for hundreds of undecided students, choosing one of these five options is a lot like getting stuck with the least efficient keyboard in the world. What makes them attractive is that they have relatively clear paths and definite entry points. Applying to law school might...
Judging from the tone of his column (Nov. 2), it sounds as though Hugh P. Liebert intends to sum up the decades-old debate over gay and lesbian civil rights in 1,000 words or less. But by flattening the views of gay-rights advocates into a few narrow stereotypes, he undercuts the high ground he tries so hard to attain...
...religious faith"--but what of the millions of people of faith of all sexual orientations who support gays and lesbians? Members of the more than 300 parishes of the Metropolitan Community Church, a predominantly gay Protestant denomination, might be surprised to hear that religious leaders are hostile to gay civil rights. So might Episcopalians, Unitarians, Lutherans and Reform Jews, many of whose American leaders have embraced the gay members of their congregations. Even the Roman Catholic bishops of America issued a pastoral letter last year calling for parents to love and accept their gay children...
...viable, albeit heretofore unexplored, version of virtuous living"-- suggesting that gay families are some kind of questionable new fad, like Viagra or swing dancing. Most gay and lesbian people aren't interested in proving that their relationships are "viable"--they're too busy simply living their lives together. Civil rights and basic legal benefits should not be dependent on offering evidence of our "virtue...
Even if you never set foot in Memorial Church, you most likely have scurried past the names of Harvard's casualties in the Civil War in Memorial Hall on your way to lecture in Sanders. As a student you are of the prime age not only for imbibing, but for military service, a message that alumni tried to impart...