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...within this framework, however, can only occur if residents and local politicians stop trying to thwart Harvard and instead decide to work with the University. In the future, we sincerely hope that the paradigm will be a collaborative process whereby Harvard and the Allston community work together within the context of Harvard’s overall vision rather than continue the antagonism that seems to have prevailed of late...
...fruit fly, queer dear. The terminology may vary by woman and by context, but the meaning is the same. I am a straight woman who happens to hang around men who like other men. And more and more commonly, women who have friendships with openly gay men are being categorized by their sexuality—not their own sexuality, but the sexuality of their platonic companions...
...even those who take it upon themselves to analyze gaffes are still subject to perpetrating them. I agree with Kinsley that we should all be able to shrug off the stupid things people say (or write), but I found his use of a potent image of slavery in this context to be ironic, to say the least...
...definitive law that says that a child must be a certain age before he or she can encounter the word “scrotum.” Instead, in this particular case, the response demonstrates a knee-jerk reaction to one taboo word, rather than appropriate consideration of the context in which it appears...
...care about them,” says Katerina B. Stavreva ’10 of her own high ratings. Fellow “Top Ten” resident Winter Mead ’08 also felt the ratings were arbitrary. “Judgment based on beauty in this context is too sensitive, too close to home,” he said in an e-mail. Curious about your rating? Find out at www.PeopleRadar.com. Prefer to keep your self-esteem? Change your privacy settings...