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This week I was going to write about the ins and outs of sectional politics and its stock standard movers and shakers. You know, all those various distinct personalities that make up a typical Harvard discussion section, in all its awkward-silence-filled, unread and uninformed glory. Such a line of conversation amongst friends usually plays out in a fairly predictable way. Everyone in the group groans loudly in disgust at predictable tropes like The Freshman, who has highlighted the entire sourcebook (with annotations!); The Jaded Thesis-Writing Senior, usually hailing from Social Studies or Hist and Lit, who stumbles...
...status of red wine. It's good for you and you can be snobbish about it. Product placards in the top chocolate shops and caf?s now list where the cocoa bean was grown as well as the percentage of cocoa in each mouthwatering morsel. The latest varieties have that distinct Japanese twist: fillings range from the requisite green tea to more quirky innovations such as sansho (a combination of spices usually reserved for broiled eel) and yuzu (a citrus often used in soups and bathwater...
Though the HSF focused on combining resources towards common goals, the meeting on Friday also provided an opportunity for student groups to publicize their distinct issues. HIPJ distributed flyers from the International A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition opposing “colonial occupation” in Iraq and Palestine and the group Women in Prison advertised a “photo/audio show” in the Adams Art Space...
...same span. True, the margin of victory has still been an impressive 11.6 points per game. Considering that two of those went into overtime and two were not decided until the final minute, the disparity between the play of the Quakers and the Tigers becomes a lot more distinct...
...Much For The WMD" [Feb. 9], your report on how the CIA misjudged Iraq's ability to produce weapons of mass destruction: There are two distinct issues--how the CIA gathered intelligence and how President Bush acted on it. Neither the CIA nor Bush can be squarely blamed for the intelligence failure. It was probably the result of a communication problem. The CIA views the world in shades of gray, but the President sees things as black or white. JOEL TENDON Cortaillod, Switzerland...