Word: evils
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...Fitzsimmons said there were no plans to eliminate the likely letter practice. And Nichols Family Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise said yesterday that the advanced notification was a necessary evil in the college recruiting process...
...capriciousness foreshadows his insane dictatorship. Whitaker’s charistmatic portrayal never wavers, but his character fades from charming to terrifying. McAvoy holds his own against Whitaker, solidly portraying an inherently weak character. Garrigan is an unheroic protagonist, who struggles as much to accept Amin’s evil as he does to act on his moral misgivings. Garrigan finds himself fallen into a world of moral relativism, highlighted by the character of Nigel Stone (Simon McBurney, “Friends With Money”), a British statesman. Stone is a slimy diplomat whose rhetoric is filled with political maneuverings...
...academic setting two weeks ago, Benedict XVI said something that offended many people and made headlines around the world. By way of introducing a discourse on the tension between religion and reason, he quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor who argued that Islam contained “evil and inhuman” elements. Muslims around the world objected to the quotation...
...Interesting how the pope apologizes here not for giving voice to the idea that Islam is evil but for the “reactions in some countries” to the controversial quotation. He acknowledges that the words “were considered offensive” by Muslims but he does not say that the words were, in fact, offensive. One would expect this type of apology from a politician, not from a spiritual leader who is supposed to possess more than an ounce of honesty and sincerity...
...outcry over the alleged theft. “I don’t really understand what the hullabaloo was about.” After his deeds were exposed to the light of day, Weitzman received offers for free manure; surely some kind souls wished to pre-empt his alleged evil deeds. Some people don’t mind that the prof allegedly chose the dark side over the supply side. Weitzman is, of course, still here at Harvard, working away until the spring, when he’ll be on leave...