Word: concerns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard's queer community must protest this silence which is, at least in part, self-imposed. It is our responsibility to speak as queer students for those who are still closeted, those still hiding behind a mask of counterfeit heterosexuality and sincere, if disinterested, concern...
...professionals? But the source of the man's strength is no secret. It is that he speaks plain English with none of the circuitous posturing and preening of public officials, who cannot give you the time of day without saying that time is a topic of great concern to them, as it is to all Americans, and that they have long devoted themselves to finding a solution for the chronic problem of time shortage. Governor Ventura just says it's 12 o'clock...
Much of the trouble stems from a single concern: the weakening U.S. dollar. The greenback had been the strong, silent type for the past six years, making European vacations and Japanese electronics cheaper, while at the same time attracting foreign capital to the U.S. stock-and-bond markets by the trillions. Although the dollar's decline amounts to only 3% against major currencies like the euro, it is off nearly 15% against the Japanese yen since March...
Wonderful! Our children are reading Harry Potter's adventures in his fantasy world, not hypnotized in front of the boob tube. As encouraged as I am by kids' reading and enjoying these books, along with gaining an appreciation and love of reading, I have one major concern. Since Tinky Winky is supposedly gay (according to Jerry Falwell), and a church in my city has accused Pokemon of representing Satan and hacked apart several Pokemon dolls during its services, I just have to wonder what the wacky religious right has in store for Harry and his friends! PAUL G. BRIZAL...
Jedediah Purdy '97 was a social studies concentrator. He just published a book about the pervasive presence of irony in modern culture. Recently, quite a few intellectuals have been expressing concern for the state of the zeitgeist. Many have observed that technological innovations have led to an excess of information. People are exposed to too much data, leaving them jaded. Perhaps irony is a means of escaping the weight of over-saturation. I really don't know. In order to participate in such modern debates, I am told that one must understand Habermas...