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...different religions answer these questions through courses in the Religion Department or at the Divinity School. But requiring that all students take a course about religion sends a clear message: Harvard does not look down upon the millions of people in this country and around the world who entertain the idea that there may be a God. In fact, such a requirement would show that Harvard requires its graduates to respect religion and acknowledge that religious people can be very intellectual. Requiring religion classes will broaden—not suppress—the scope of students’ intellectual experiences...

Author: By Katherine M. Gray | Title: Keeping Faith | 10/24/2006 | See Source »

...there's a thing in your kitchen called a stove. Turn it on and invite people over. Only 38% of Americans entertain friends or family at home at least once a year. What were the other 62% of us doing? Getting a free meal, I suppose. We can do better, America. If we're going to watch so much television, can't we at least invite friends over to watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How We Spend Our Leisure Time | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...that the team does,” Benkreira said. “Part of what I do is keeping things from getting really tense and keeping things fun.”Benkreira is particularly successful it this enviable task. His down-to-earth nature and witty sense of humor entertain his teammates and coaches, alleviating some of the stress that builds up after long hours on the water or in the erg room.During one fall practice, lightweight varsity coach Charley Butt chided Benkreira about his blade work in the water. Butt implied that the pushing and pressure of the blade...

Author: By Loren Amor, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HEAD OF THE CHARLES '06: Living Proof | 10/20/2006 | See Source »

...performer whose highest gifts need to be doled out in small doses. Back when he was doing stand-up in solo TV appearances I never found him tiresome. Those appearances often had the quality of a high wire act; they fascinated us precisely because of his tireless talent to entertain, to keep going beyond the point at which most comedians wear out their welcome. Or simply fall to earth. In those days you felt a need to answer his bravery with a little bit of your own, to stick with his slips, slides and stumbles, pretty sure that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robin Williams, Under Control | 10/6/2006 | See Source »

...McCarthy is the last survivor of a vanished world. He is, essentially, a modernist, miraculously preserved like a literary coelacanth from the age of Hemingway and Faulkner, writers of high style and high purpose without an iota of aw-shucks relatability. The future probably belongs to the Fraziers, the entertainers, who serve up their profundities with humor and sex and fisticuffs so they go down more easily. McCarthy would never stoop to entertain us, but there's a stripped-down intensity to his work that is just awesome. You sense that The Road, with its world empty of values...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Writers on the Storm | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

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