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...last 10 years to be roughly 15. God only knows how many I lost as a baby. Some of them were really special, too—one that I’d had since eighth grade, and fondly called “Ducky,” featured a duck??s head as the handle. Ducky’s glass eyes were cracked and the red paint had chipped off his beak by last year, but I still cherished him. He was the A-entryway casualty. Then, one of my good friends bought me an umbrella for my birthday...
...These shortcomings of the “lame-duck?? UC should be remedied by reconvening representatives from the previous year each fall. Certainly, this system of representation has its pitfalls: Houses with senior representatives last year would lack a direct voice on the Council, and last year’s freshman representatives would now live in Houses instead of the Yard. But even such an imperfect solution seems superior to a system that deprives students of representation altogether. Since UC efforts often continue through the summer and into the following year, an interim assembly could easily focus...
These shortcomings of the “lame-duck?? UC should be remedied by reconvening representatives from the previous year each fall. Certainly, this system of representation has its pitfalls: Houses with senior representatives last year would lack a direct voice on the Council, and last year’s freshman representatives would now live in houses instead of the Yard. But even such an imperfect solution seems superior to a system that deprives students of representation altogether. Since UC efforts often continue through the summer and into the following year, an interim assembly could easily focus...
...past year, however, Eisenhower’s national prestige has sunk appreciably due both to his “lame-duck?? presidency and to decreased activity since his November stroke. At the same time the Administration has been buffeted by the strongest criticism of its five years over questions of national defense and the current economic recession...
...couple loves to entertain, holding dinner parties for colleagues in their Cambridge home. “There’s nothing nicer than friends around a table, sitting in the glow of candles, their cheeks turning ruddy after several glasses of wine, their temperaments turning mellow after a good duck??” muses Homi...