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...Berkeley, and this question of gory images came up again. This guy comes up to me afterwards, who had been a photographer during the Vietnam War. He said, ‘I really think that since the Vietnam War when we photographed everything, there has been an extreme clamp-down on people seeing the realities of war.’ Dehumanizing, desensitizing terms really take us far away from the wars and the destruction. 11. FM: If you couldn’t be a filmmaker, what else would you be? JN: Probably a writer. 12. FM: If you had three...
...scorers with 21 points, finishing 9-of-18 from the floor and adding nine rebounds in the winning effort. Hallion added 12 points for the Crimson, while Penn’s Carrie Biemer and Anca Popovici each had 14. After nailing the eventual game-winner, Tay had to clamp down on defense for the last 14 seconds. Penn called three timeouts during the game’s last possession, deciding finally on an inbounds play under the basket with three seconds left. The pass floated long, and—fittingly—Tay scooped it up and ran the clock...
...That was pretty strong. I gotta admit, I had to clamp it down a little bit. That was powerful stuff. When you see Ted, Caroline, Patrick together, and I think about the role they played in shaping my values and ideals and what I believe about America, the connection to my father traveling to Hawaii and meeting my mother [He described in his speech how his father had come to America in part because of a program for Kenyan students that had been championed by the Kennedys.] As I said, it brings things full circle...
...moment there, it was a bit overwhelming for Barack Obama. As Obama came backstage at American University's Bender Arena after working the ropeline with Senator Edward M. Kennedy, he told me: "That was pretty strong. I gotta admit, I had to clamp it down a little bit. That was powerful stuff. When you see Ted, Caroline, Patrick together, and I think about the role they played in shaping my values and ideals and what I believe about America-it brings things full circle...
...government has tried to clamp down on ragging, but so far its efforts have proven ineffective. Many states have enacted anti-ragging laws, and in 2001 the Indian Supreme Court advised colleges to implement measures such as advising students about the punishment for ragging, and informing freshmen of their rights. But the most recent report commissioned by the Supreme Court notes that ragging has not declined, and found that school officials do not report even extreme ragging cases to police. The report also faults state and central government authorities for failing to implement and monitor anti-ragging provisions. The committee...