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...scoffed at these murder figures and presumed the danger in Boston to be grotesquely overblown—a fictionalized byproduct of the mass media’s relentless drive to bolster ratings through breaking news. How can Puritan Boston possibly be dangerous if its only notoriously disreputable district, the combat zone, no longer even exists...
...effectively combat this violence in Boston over the long term, Massachusetts’ politicians should actively promote a culture of non-violence: Gun control laws as strict as those in Europe and Mumbai should be drafted—our “right to bear arms” should no longer extend to include the right to brandish lethal handguns. Politicians of all stripes, not only limousine liberals, must also publicly denounce guns, the National Rifle Association be damned. Finally, a comprehensive program denouncing violence and promoting pacifism should be implemented in Boston’s primary schools. After...
...that concentration choice has been moved back a semester. Sophomore advising could be more dedicated to concentration-based inquiry and focus, without the pressure of the pre-professional focus their upperclassmen peers are driving towards. Advising staff could be specialized to deal with these types of issues, and to combat the sophomore slump, just as proctors are currently specifically assigned to freshmen...
...numerous veterans, from farm-worker families in South Texas to famed members of the so-called Aztec Eagles, the 300-member Escuadron 201. The Eagles were an all-Mexican expeditionary force, organized after Mexico declared war on the Axis powers, which trained in the U.S. and then flew combat missions in the Philippines. Only five members of the squadron are still alive and one of them, pilot Reynaldo Perez Gallardo, nicknamed "Pancho Pistolar" after a Disney character, tells his story on the website. For critics of Ken Burns' latest effort, the point is that stories such as those of Gallardo...
...looking at the animation, that it looked too cool,” he says. “I feel a tiny conflict about it, but I think if you listen to the piece, it sounds deeply conflicted about the experience being described. And I also feel, being in combat myself as a journalist, there are cool things about it.”Ultimately, he believes that the style is fitting. “I think that it’s honest in that sense.” BEYOND PARTIESBoth Yellin and Robbins point out that the documentary itself is focused...