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Harsh words and accusations were exchanged Sunday night between a black professor and a university president in a clash that aired on national television...
...courage to publicly disagree with the administration’s pro-war stance, who voices doubt that war is the right policy for America. No one has yet emerged who can crystallize the anti-war position as Bush has consolidated the pro-war forces; only through such a clash of ideas and ideologies can Congress and the American people reach a well-reasoned conclusion...
...writing in response to the article “Princeton, Brown in Clash Over Admissions Rules.” (News, Sept. 24) In particular, I take issue with the repeated reference to the policy deliberations of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) in 2001 as reflecting an “absentee conference.” At the time of the conference that was held in San Antonio, Texas the week following the terrorist attacks on our nation, I served as president of the New England Association for College Admission Counseling, which is one of 24 state and regional...
...many subjects in Zadie Smith's second novel--Buddhism, Jewish mysticism, the Hollywood studio system--one that she presumably did not have to research was the bug-light allure of celebrity. In 2000, at age 24, she became deservedly famous for White Teeth, a sprawling, erudite comedy about culture clash and bioengineering in postcolonial Britain. Brilliant, young and beautiful, she became a favorite of the British media, which followed her love life and hairstyle changes with a fervor Americans reserve for cast members of Friends...
...that is about as close as the two parties have come in a month to combat over a possible war with Iraq: a wayside debate about the debate itself. What once looked like a great clash between two political parties about a seismic shift in U.S. strategic doctrine is shaping up instead to be a street scuffle about the exact wording of a resolution that sanctions attacking Iraq, with a few kicks and punches tossed in about whether the Republicans are talking up war in order to score well in the midterm elections. The Senate is expected to begin considering...