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...Tudors, Gregory believes, because their moral questions have more obvious answers than ours. "When Henry decides to behead a young woman [his fifth wife, Catherine Howard], it's so obviously a bad thing to do that it's satisfying to the reader," Gregory says. "To judge it gives us comfort and certainty in an uncertain world." Sort of like reading a tabloid. A war may rage on, the stock market may tumble, but things are still O.K. if some sexy young star is behaving more badly than...
...COMMUNITY AND COMFORT...
Leaders of Harvard’s cultural organizations view their groups in terms of two ideal values: community and comfort. Students look to these groups as a source of warmth and familiarity in a Harvard campus that can seem overwhelming. Lee describes the BSA as “a support network for all students, in an otherwise isolating and cold place.” Likewise, Jimmy Zhao ’08, co-president of the Asian American Association (AAA), says one of the club’s goals “is to provide a community for our members...
...brass and abject Pentagon apologies. Defense Secretary Robert Gates saw a public hungry for accountability, not perspective. It was too late to erase the image of the peeling, moldy walls in Building 18, even if it housed just one recovering soldier for every 1,000 living in comfort. The damage was done...
...grunt work.” Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree called on students to communicate their passion for Obama to impoverished areas, where residents may not feel the same connection to the Law School alum. “Don’t just go to your comfort zone,” Ogletree said. “It’s not how much money you raise. It’s how much consciousness you raise.” Law School professors who personally knew Obama from his days at the Law School also offered their enthusiastic support...