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...year of Harvard-bashing in the media, we at least thought we could count on the fair-minded Economist to say something nice. Those nice chaps tried, but they didn't succeed. A recent article in the magazine chronicles Harvard's annus horribilis with zeal, but in the end discounts the last year as an aberration, falling back on Harvard's name and stature to complacently dismiss the unfortunately events as novelties. In doing so, The Economist entirely misses the point and does Harvard a great injustice...
...Marines poised to leave by the rear ramp were called back to their seats. Those who had formed the protective perimeter reboarded the other helicopter, and after a quick head count, the Super Stallions took off. They had been on the ground no more than seven minutes...
...Count on it to keep coming back. The violent and raunchy streak in civilization runs deep and long into the past. More teenage boys might be attracted to the classics if they knew about Homer's graphic descriptions of spear points ripping through flesh in The Iliad or the quarts of stage blood needed for any production of Titus Andronicus. As for sex, the lewd posturings in some paintings of Hieronymous Bosch would be rated NC-17 if they showed up at the multiplex...
Besides Schwarzenegger, Dole exempted from criticism the works of Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone. This, some have speculated, is because they are fellow Republicans. But that's not really the issue. All these guys appear in movies where the vast body count is composed entirely of anonymous victims. They are to other movies what assault weapons (another of the Senator's favorite products) are to the rest of gundom-instruments of totally affectless violence...
...many times was that phrase uttered by a Harvard athlete or coach, written in The Crimson or groused by a fanatical alum? Too many to count...