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...winner of a regional spelling bee, the school received a series of bomb threats. Meanwhile, from inside the box looking out, fear and anger have grown among many students, teachers and parents as the Iraq war and the mistreatment of Muslim prisoners have provided further reminders of the conflict between cultures. "We never looked at it as Americans doing something to Muslims, but rather, how can Americans do something like that to anybody?" says Abdallah. While the moderate Islamic community's typical response is to take a low profile, the Universal School gave Time an unusual degree of access...
Still, Gates has repeatedly denied that conflict exists between himself and Summers...
...when Skocpol returned to Harvard’s conflict-ridden sociology department after turning down rival offers, she was not unanimously welcomed...
...Skocpol will divide the department,” said then-professor of sociology Ezra Vogel. “Wherever she has been, there’s always been conflict...
...Waters says there may be other reasons for Skocpol’s interest in Harvard’s current conflict. Despite Skocpol’s criticisms, she cares very deeply about the institution and her tendency to get caught up in its affairs is a reflection of her desire to help avoid tension and hostility like that which surrounded her tenure experience, Waters says...