Word: confrontational
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Last year, The Crimson published an excellent story about the amount of sleep that Harvard students get, and concluded that it is too little. We should not let this topic go away. We ought to confront a very dangerous reality, which is that almost all of us in the Harvard community--undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, administrators--are deliberately robbing ourselves of one of the most fundamental nutrients known to the animal kingdom. We may argue that high-flyers don't have time to sleep. But this deprivation is not unique to the academy. It is pervasive across modern American society...
...Israel in 1948, and their subsequent despair. It's only when he joins a guerrilla organization that he develops some sense of Palestinian identity and pride, and when after months of intense training he hears of the intended target, he expresses his joy at being given an opportunity to "confront the Israelis...
Tiger Woods should thank his lucky stars that things have played out the way they have for him [SPORTS, Aug. 14]. He should stay silent about having to confront any real-world challenges like living from paycheck to paycheck. His brilliant smile and golf game are magic, though. Life is easier and more fun because he's around. THOMAS JIRGENSOHN Albuquerque...
...that we don't have school spirit? That we are hesitant to reply with our school's name? What can the administration and the groups on campus do to make us feel more a part of this formidable and seemingly ambivalent institution? Obviously this is only one idea to confront this problem, and there need to be more...
...easily reversed. The Holocaust remains the single defining event in Israel's conception of its nationhood, with the Yad Vashem museum the obligatory starting point for any visiting head of state. Against that backdrop, the rabbi's remarks are a telling sign of the depth of division Israel will confront even if it achieves peace with all of its neighbors...