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...commend The Crimson for its well-reasoned criticism of last Thursday’s peace rally organized by the Harvard Initiative for Peace and Justice (HIPJ) (Opinion, “We All Want Peace,” Sept...
...welcome the generous and considerate offers of Tealuxe and Ben & Jerry’s. The rescue workers gave their lives to help others, and the nation owes their families its condolences, gratitude and support. We also commend the many other stores in Harvard Square that have attempted in different ways to support their country in a difficult time. It has been impossible to miss the collections for myriad charities, the uplifting messages of support or the simple but heartfelt flying of the American flag that has taken place all around us. News coverage has clearly demonstrated that this reassuring trend...
...believe we must commend a leader at another institution of higher education: Yale President Richard C. Levin. Though he did not close the university, he took steps beyond providing counseling services and sending out a mass e-mail. Like Summers, Levin also e-mailed the university to express his sympathy and grief. He contacted the community just an hour after the attack, however, and not in the mid-afternoon. Levin extended Yale’s shopping period by a week so as to compensate for the time students may need to reflect, mourn and pray. He kept university dining halls...
...tireless rockers and advocates for the Third World made a brief stop on tour to commend French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin on the debt relief France has offered poor countries and to ask France to "finish what we have started." The group is also pushing gun control in its show, with a film mocking Charlton Heston...
...served in the Congress since 1978, is known as a preternaturally calm presence, whose passion for liberal hallmarks like public education and health care never overrides a sense of Midwestern civility. He can be fiery in his commitment, but almost never raises his voice. Political foes and allies alike commend him for his grasp of complex issues, and he enjoys enormous popularity in all 66 counties of his home state...