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...Rhode Island, U.S. Weisskopf's tale of losing a hand in Iraq and his struggle to understand his ordeal was one of the most touching pieces of journalism I have read in many years. In the troubled Middle East, such a story is all too familiar. People are too eager to enter into wars that solve no problems, and the results are devastating. Let's hope that the world's problem solvers can lead us to a different, peaceful path for the future of this planet and its people. Lillian Cohen Kfar Monash, Israel Hurricane Hugo Hugo Chavez's speech...
...academician or a statesman? A bold and unilateral visionary or a consensus builder? A Harvard graduate or professor or someone from the outside? Or a specific candidate that you may have in mind? Now is the time that we as students—everyone from seasoned campus leaders to eager freshmen—can have our voices heard and have an impact on choosing our next leader. In a few months, the opportunity for student input will have passed. So speak now, or you may not be able to speak at all.Some argue that the Harvard administration simply doesn?...
...students don’t think about (nor should they have to),” Kenen wrote. “The time-frame for the implementation of secondary fields is actually going quite well, even though it may not seem that way from the perspective of students who are eager to get started on their studies in a secondary field.” —Lois E. Beckett contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Johannah S. Cornblatt can be reached at jcornbl@fas.harvard.edu...
...realizes he has been filibustering and apologizes to the crowd for "making a speech." No one seems to care, since Obama is doing something pretty rare in latter-day American politics: he is respecting their intelligence. He's a liberal, but not a screechy partisan. Indeed, he seems obsessively eager to find common ground with conservatives. "It's such a relief after all the screaming you see on TV," says Chuck Sweeny, political editor of the Rockford Register Star. "Obama is reaching out. He's saying the other side isn't evil. You can't imagine how powerful a message...
...FEELS BAD, DO IT Republican Congressman Chris Shays of Connecticut has been critical of the Bush Administration's Iraq policy. But perhaps overly eager to shore up his conservative bona fides, he recently characterized the conduct of U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib as "not torture" but "a sex ring." Of course. With the hoods over the detainees' heads, we just couldn't see them smiling...