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...support for the war. It was one of the first times an intellectual had publicly held himself accountable for his stance on the Iraq war. But the article, a lengthy rumination on the nature of judgment, rubbed many people the wrong way. “As a former denizen of Harvard, I’ve had to learn that a sense of reality doesn’t always flourish in elite institutions,” Ignatieff wrote, concluding, “Bus drivers can display a shrewder grasp of what’s what than Nobel Prize winners...
...Fang, Merrill Lynch investment banker and denizen of what idealistic sophomores call “the dark side,” who makes the most black-and-white statement of all; of his plans to somehow give back despite the practical obstacles that give people reasons not to every day, Fang simply explains: “Eventually, I have to. To not be a terrible person, you have...
...Moravec is not the only denizen of Ceske Budejovice who fears for the fate of the town's favorite tipple if it were snatched up by Anheuser-Busch. Many locals, like Moravec, believe that the U.S. brewing giant wants Budvar only for its trademarks, and might even shut the brewery down. Jan Vesely, the head of the Czech Beer and Malt Association industry group, dismisses such worries, saying "I don't know of any brewery in Central Europe someone would buy to close...
When Gates—a denizen of Wigglesworth Hall A-11 during his freshman year—first arrived at Harvard in 1973, few classes succeeded in captivating him in the same way that the computer industry would a few years later...
...Louis University in Missouri. Its antihero is a dark lord and ancestor of Sauron, the evil figure who torments Frodo and Gandalf aeons later. It also focuses on the interaction between humans and elves, a theme which returns in the hobbit books. And at least one Rings denizen - the elf Galadriel - makes a cameo. Some English professors have been frustrated by Tolkien's reputation as a weaver of children's stories, and they hope the new book will bolster their belief that Tolkien is a literary heavyweight worthy of serious academic study. "The perception is that he was just...