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Harvard has yet to address the embarrassing truth that underlies the ROTC debate: if the military discriminated against heterosexuals, Harvard would long ago have served its ROTC ties. President Rudenstine's recommendation, though touted as a creative compromise, is just a creative way to conceal a compromise of principles. --Laurie Pane...
Instead of attempting to conceal this little bit of public knowledge, the University has a duty to its students, to its faculty and to itself as an institution to address the current problem seriously and swiftly...
...Chicago scientists admit to another possible defect: "There is no way to get around the fact some people might conceal information," says Stuart Michaels of the Chicago team, whose expertise is designing questions to get at those subjects people are most reluctant to discuss. The biggest hot button, he says, is homosexuality. "This is a stigmatized group. There is probably a lot more homosexual activity going on than we could get people to talk about...
Finally, the real Nerd shows up in the form of one Rick Steadman (Daren Firestone). Willum invites him to his house because Steadman saved his life in Vietnam (shades of goody-goody Forrest Gump). Steadman's entrance is suspenseful because he wears a costume to conceal his identity. Tripping from one faux paux to the next and yet utterly naive about it, Steadman is the stereotypical nerd, but more abrasive, more annoying and goonier. He's a nerd's wet dream. Firestone sounds like Pee-Wee Herman with emphysema...
...irresistible that virtually everyone who ever voted Republican seems to be entertaining the same thought: Hey, I could beat this guy! While there is still not a single announced G.O.P. candidate, the field of likely contenders is already teeming. Some of the likeliest aren't bothering to conceal their ambitions. As Senator Phil Gramm of Texas puts it, "If I had to decide today, I would run." (Pause to indicate that he's kidding here.) "But I may come to my senses...