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Call it the 24-hour Crimson Undergraduate Experience. If at times it seems like boot camp, don't despair: We're here for four years...
Many Catholics see the election of Pope John Paul II and his support of Solidarity as the catalyst that gave Poles and other Eastern Bloc peoples the moral stamina to carry on the struggle. The persecuted religious leaders of the East Bloc certainly helped keep their people from despair. Indeed, the rejuvenation of organized religion in the formally atheist nations of the communist bloc foreshadowed the larger defiance of general strikes and mass protests...
...easy to understand why a Crimson reporter, or any member of our community could feel outrage, despair and cynicism when confronted with individuals and families huddled in the doorways of Harvard Square. We hope, however, that such feelings will be channeled productively into action that can reverse this trend, rather than into presenting a distorted picture of legitimate efforts to raise awareness and increase social responsibility. Gail Epstein Director, Office of Public Service Programs
...Ceausescu surveyed his country's falling birthrate with despair. The cause, he concluded, was a state decree in 1957 that legalized abortion and made it readily available for a fee of less than $2. By 1965 abortion was the country's primary method of birth control, with four abortions performed for every child born...
Many thanks for your wonderful letter which gave me great heart just when I was needing it; sometimes John as you know I am cast in the pit of despair, wondering what I am meant to do and if I am doing the right thing--should I sell the damn place and solve all my problems, but some stubborn streak makes me keep holding on. Man I owe thousands of pounds, about sixteen thousand in all. How the hell do I get out of this mess tell me, please do, and yet I still nurture a dream to make this...