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...more common excuse for inaction in the face of war is the claim that Bush has made up his mind and any action will fall on deaf ears. But student activists have played an important role in foreign policy since the Vietnam Era and before. During the conflict in Vietnam, students dramatized the human consequences of the war and helped voters to understand a conflict that most had never heard of. Demonstrations and other forms of activism made headlines, and headlines turned a non-issue into the defining political question of a decade. Demonstrations still have the potential...
Calling educational officials “tone-deaf,” Elmore proposed reallocating resources within the school system instead of increasing funds for testing...
Although their message did not immediately spark a raging debate, it also did not fall on deaf ears. It will hopefully not only encourage other masters who have been thinking of broaching such important topics with their students, but also act as a wake up call for those masters who have been disengaged from the intellectual debates in their Houses...
This past Sunday, in an outcry of opposition, a handful of peace protesters from Harvard (including Adams House Masters Judith and Sean Palfrey) joined an estimated 100,000 people in Washington, D.C. to rally at the White House for more patience. Unfortunately, their cries appear to be falling on deaf ears...
...island in the Caribbean, it is noon at the National Theatre; the characters and the play are young, full of hope and vinegar. As my editor reads this column just after noon, the 1848 Revolution is giving Marx and his followers some brazen ideas, and a dear, deaf, dead child is wandering through the inaudible murmur of adult conversation. And if you, reader, happen to be scanning these words at sunset on Saturday, know that the cast is taking one last bow, and the audience - many, I'll warrant, who have seen the trilogy before and have returned...