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First, the staff editorial ("Commencement Choice: Dr. Who?"). It is an insult to every scientist at Harvard to be told that the choice of Dr. Varmus is a "disappointment." As for "glamour," how many Harvard seniors from the class of 1995 had heard of Vaclav Havel prior to that Czech Republic President's selection as the Commencement Speaker for that year? No poll was conducted to my knowledge, but I'd venture a guess: not many. Seldom has such myopia been demonstrated by an entire staff (minus three) of supposedly intelligent journalists. This essay demonstrates a lack of education...
Area Four's population is largely Haitian, Latino, Puerto Rican and Cape Verdean, according to Barbosa. Eastern European immigrants, especially from the Czech Republic, have also begun moving to Area Four recently...
...Japan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Another choice: South Africa's Richard Goldstone, who is stepping down as prosecutor of the U.N. war-crimes tribunal. But the U.N. may for the first time risk selecting someone with the stature of a head of state or government, such as Czech President Vaclav Havel, Irish President Mary Robinson or Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland...
Other recent Commencement speakers include the president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel, Vice President Al Gore '69, former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell and Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland...
...also said that nations such as Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic should be incorporated into the European Union...