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...free school than he would have at Harvard, which offered to cover his college costs through financial aid.Taking StridesBy the time Derek C. Bok became the president of Harvard for the first time in 1971, the school had already made manifest its need-blind admissions policy, part of its commitment to the belief that no student capable of attending Harvard should be prevented from doing so by a lack of funds. According to Bok, Harvard stayed true to its need-blind policy throughout the 1970s, even as other institutions abandoned the concept. Bolstered by alumni support, Harvard stuck...
...That source adds, referring to Abbas by his nickname: "Abu Mazen will be hit hard. Hamas will have a heyday, and say, 'We told you so.' We want to avoid that scenario at all costs." Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apparently prefers a looser conference agenda, one unlikely to commit to fresh negotiations...
...works of Ulrich’s three archetypal women.Ulrich’s examination of the so-called “Amazon”—a woman combative in many realms, whether displaying courage for her country in time of war or raging against the men who commit crimes against her—is authoritative and powerful. Her dialogue on “Shakespeare’s daughters”—women who took to writing or speaking—tackles the sensitive issue of rape while also discussing social attitudes towards female sexual behavior...
...place of the anti-democratic kernel of the Harvardian ideal, then, we must shun leadership and commit to humility. We begin our revolution by admitting our incapacity to dictate “solutions” to anyone else and by asserting our willingness to really engage the realities of the oppressed. For what we enable, then, is democracy of a genuine sort. As the “best” represents always a subset of the general population, submission to the “best and the brightest” presupposes the annulment of properly democratic politics. Against this...
...said Rennell, who was a Crimson photographer. “When you’re young, it’s your time to test your body and go on all of these adventures.” The lust for adventure prompted Rennell to leave Harvard for a year to commit himself to 14 months of on-and-off filming. “He wasn’t sure whether he wanted to do it or not, but I definitely encouraged him, because obviously it was a once in a lifetime experience,” said former roommate Thomas M. Hamnett...