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Ahistorically, inviting Powell can be considered inappropriate just because of his stance of discrimination against homosexuals in the military. Considered in the context of recent campus politics, however, the question is not whether or not he invitation is inappropriate, but whether or not there is any living public figure less appropriate to speak at this year's Commencement...
Alas, Tharp, like almost every other dancer in the program, is shown in disconnected snippets, often without explanatory context. The reason is that the series' interest in dance is less aesthetic than anthropological. The message seems to be that all peoples dance, ergo all dancing is equal -- even though some tribal rites, no matter how sacred they may be, are about as interesting to watch as the growth of bamboo. What's more, Dancing is multicultural with a vengeance, meaning that the producers think it insufficient to examine the central role that dance plays in primitive societies; they must also...
...Therefore, as long as there was not yet parity, you couldn't cut women's sports, but you could cut men's sports," the president continued. "So [the case should be viewed] in the context of the cut, rather than [as] a more general ruling about what constituted equity and parity...
...document indicates that Quang, who at the time was commander of the 4th Military Region in central South Vietnam, was reporting to his superiors on the success of his mission. He emphasized his plans for Operation Ba Bo, a program of "extermination" of South Vietnamese officials. In this context, Pentagon and congressional experts say, Quang may have engaged in the military briefer's time-honored tendency toward overstatement and, like other North Vietnamese officials, may have included non-American members of various CIA-run commando teams in his accounting of captured "Americans...
Richard Stallman's suggests using only "free" software to stay on the moral high ground, helping your neighbors without running afoul of the law. "Free," in this context, does not necessarily mean without charge; software users should certainly expect to pay for diskettes and manuals. But since this kind of software is free from copyright restrictions, owners can make hundreds of duplicates for friends who want copies...