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...would like to express my disdain for the deplorable actions of the Harvard heritage Society concerning their interruption of "Government 1091: Liberalism and Conservatism in American Politics." Their in-class display on Friday exhibited an appalling lack of respect for the students and faculty of the University. While I strongly and ardently defend the principle of free speech, this group chose a most inappropriate forum to express their views, by delaying the start of class ten minutes...
...probably Newman's epigrammatic conciseness that Rosen savored, not any disdain for the discipline to which he has committed so much of his career. Still, the idea conveys a familiar question: Is anything to be gained from description, analysis and criticism of music that cannot be discerned by listening to the music? After all, medical philosophy, however well wrought, cannot save a life. In both disciplines, what matters is who is doing the dissecting...
...year since the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, the case has been transformed into a spectacle gone terribly awry. Prosecutor Christopher Darden recently spoke with disdain of "this supposed truth-seeking process." One thing is certain: if Simpson were poor and unknown, it all would have been over months ago. "If O.J. were [represented by a public defender] in Jones County, Mississippi,'' says Robert Spangenberg, co-author of a 1993 American Bar Association report on indigent defense, "it would be a two-day trial, an open-and-shut case.'' Instead, if the bulletins from dismissed jurors...
...third-party candidacy does well in an atmosphere of cynicism and disdain for politicians. But when House Republicans promise a 10-point program and pass nine, even those who oppose their Contract with America recognize that serious business is being transacted in Washington...
...friend Gwyn Barry, duller and less gifted, makes millions with two politically correct, feel-good novels. Tull, feeling only jealousy and hatred, attempts to wreck Barry's career and his posh life. The attempts backfire, however, providing a source for Amis' sardonic humor-his elaborate facade for intellectual disdain and largely unearned cynicism...