Word: commendation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even as we commend Epps for taking on the final clubs, we have some concerns about the nature of his letter. First, our enthusiasm for the College's activism on the issue is tinged by the fear that its commitment may be one of more rhetoric than substance. Indeed, if the incidents Epps cites in his letter are more than the stuff of unfounded allegations, we must wonder whether the College has followed up on them, taking the kind of disciplinary action which might spur the clubs to initiate reforms; we urge Harvard not to cave to the whims...
...until now, Crimson coverage of the Democrats has been fair and accurate, and I commend the editors and reporters for exercising good judgment in the past. If anything has been snuffed out of existence, it is this good judgment. I hope that it will reappear in the near future. --Eric S. Olney '98, president, Harvard-Radcliffe College Democrats
...hear me coming from a mile away wearing my jingle bell necklace during these next few weeks, at least commend me for my effort. But if you see me still wearing my Christmas sweater in January, you can gently remind me that Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and I better get a head start. Sigh...
...must commend you on your straightforward article about Richard Jewell, who was accused and then cleared of planting a bomb at the Olympics in Atlanta last summer [SOCIETY, Nov. 11]. You didn't paint Jewell as an angel, nor did you show the FBI to be a bunch of total ruffians. Most important, your story showed us how easily any person in the U.S. can become enmeshed in a battle with the system. Every day people are mistreated by bureaucracies, their lives and names dragged through the mud without their having any recourse even after they are cleared. Our system...
...outraged by the negative reaction of right-wing political leaders to the Jack Kemp-Al Gore debate as presented in your article "From Savior to Scapegoat" [NATION, Oct. 21]. It seems to me that any decent human being would commend a man like Kemp, who has the integrity to carry out a moral and honest election debate. It has been made quite evident in recent years that the general public does not wish to see mudslinging in U.S. presidential elections...