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House life. Randomization went into effect with the Class of '99, and house character is unquestionably more artificial today where it can be said to exist at all. Worse yet, gay and black students (among others) no longer have residential spaces where they feel particularly at home. But on the plus side, lingering bastions of old Harvard elitism were wiped out, and self-segregation has been minimized. Randomization aside, however, house life is better because of the crop of new masters who have taken the reins. In Leverett House, Howard and Ann Georgi have won universal praise by learning students...
Because the bill would have no practical effect, many gay-rights activists say it is a useless piece of anti-gay legislation...
...more meaningful than simply a willingness to forgive to keep the U.S.-China partnership together. Accusations have surfaced that the Clinton Administration ignored evidence of Chinese nuclear espionage and illegal money transfers in order to improve relations. If the alliance is an artificial one without strong foundation, the combined effect of such provocations (as well as what is likely to be a steady stream of human rights violations) will eventually break any U.S. consensus for partnership. The same is true for the Chinese public, which will not long support a partnership with a U.S. that it sees as trying...
Homeopathy, simply defined, is a system for treating diseases with highly diluted solutions of substances that in large doses would produce the same symptoms. Although a few contested studies have shown a slight benefit over the placebo effect, most scientists scoff at current homeopathic practices, pointing out that some "remedies" are so diluted that no active substance remains...
...sharp turn on the road to Broadway: his latest composition is a song cycle about love, sin, doubt and transcendence. The music is composed in an utterly personal style that blends pop, gospel and classical influences; the lyrics weave together Greek mythology and Christian hymnody to complex, unsettling effect. Persuasively performed on CD by singers such as Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin and Guettel, Myths & Hymns is a major event in American popular song...