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...group, but behave as though they don't quite believe it. Those on the outside have been suspicious of Australian Muslims, and slow to engage them; they have been slow to draw new police officers and intelligence agents from among them. That oversight will take a long time to correct. But the prospect of attracting Muslim recruits will be fatally diminished if they can be persuaded that the country's democratic principles are entirely disposable where their co- religionists are concerned. The extremists are efficient at spreading their poison; it would be prudent not to add real grievances to their...
...film shows a somber farewell between father and son, one of the last interactions they ever had before Harold’s death. Later, an ecstatic young Tony tries to convince his reluctant mother that Harvard is the right place for him. As it turns out, he was correct...
With students working against the deadline for their first project in Visual and Environmental Studies 123r: “Post-Brush: Studio Course,” Professor Annette Lemieux circled the classroom last Monday, commenting, guiding, and challenging students’ beliefs about the correct way to make their ideas into...
...lest one naively think, “I can be different. I do not fit this Harvard mold,” I would have to correct you. Think of how you got here. You did well in school, because that was what one was supposed to do. You played a musical instrument, because your parents inculcated that ability as a symbol of excellence. You ran for leadership positions because your teachers encouraged you to do so. (Of course there are some genuinely brilliant kids who have developed their talents without such constant prodding, but they fall...
...That’s a question people like to ask that of linguists. I think the correct answer is two and half at any given time. People from North America don’t find themselves having to speak more than two and half languages on a daily basis. So I’ve studied a lot of languages, but only use two and a half at any one time...