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...Still, there was something else beneath the surface of the speech that caught my attention. Perhaps it was the fact that only a writer who hasn't actually been edited for decades could describe the act of removing snippets from his work as a "grisly" endeavor. Taking ideas and combining them with other ideas in order to create a new and more effective chain of thought - isn't that called editing? If universal electronic access to books mean that readers will now tackle the editing themselves, Mr. Updike, in his century spanning career - comprising, by my casual estimate, perhaps...
Although Duane’s own personal academic endeavor has been cut short, the impact he had on the lives of Indian and other students at Harvard remains. Duane lived life as an extremely confident person, and his mannerisms will live on in our memories. His characteristic chuckle, his emphatic tone of voice during debates on Indian issues, his dedication to things that mattered to him, his goodwill and love for friends and family—all of these characteristics will stay with each person he met and touched at Harvard...
...Aesopic moral to this story might be: Canadians are at their best when they’re in Canada. Or to put it broadly: if your real aim is charity, endeavor to make a difference where you best can, where others may not have looked, where your efforts will not go to waste...
...resolution to create a Federal Department of Peace and Nonviolence that Minnesota Senator Mark Dayton introduced was portrayed as an impractical liberal endeavor. In fact, that idea is neither impractical nor liberal. It is commonsense. The proposed legislation strives to establish a framework for resolving conflicts without military aggression. Will it prevent all future conflict? No. Will it reduce the amount of violence? The answer is yes. Is it worth a try? Yes! I tip my hat to Senator Dayton for standing his ground on what he believes, something that seems to be rare on Capitol Hill these days. MATT...
...there have been as many variations on the spy-vs.-spy genre as Renaissance artists did on the Pietà. So a presummer blockbuster like Mission: Impossible III, confected by TV auteur J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost), is inevitably a commentary on every action movie that preceded it. Such an endeavor brings out the scholar in its audience and the pedagogue in its reviewers. For real students of the form, straight questions about M:i:III are too easy. (What film is this film most like? True Lies. Next.) Instead try these five mini-essays...