Word: existing
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...place to stand. Events in A House in the Country are not only bizarre but vertiginous, a maelstrom around negation. Suppose, the novel demands, that one summer the elder Venturas decide to spend a day away from their estate at a picnic site that may or may not exist. They take all their servants and weapons with them (cannibals are said to maraud in the wilds, although no living family member can testify to having seen one), leaving their 33 pampered children alone and unprotected in the huge house...
...startling that the Government would pay $91 for a screw that normally costs 3?. But it is even more startling that the Government would pay $320,000 for a four-month study that concludes that rampant hunger does not exist in the U.S. I am more willing to pay the $91 for the 3? screw. At least I get something for my money...
...these are values which are central to education. Recent years have seen an increased awareness of the need for a deeper understanding of the subtle institutional barriers to success that exist for minorities in a university setting. Be it a ramp for someone in a wheelchair or the introduction of courses which emphasize the experiences of women and minorities, Harvard has made halting steps towards opening itself up. But by providing more than $60,000 for ROTC. Harvard will be taking part in a program that is closed to a significant part of the community. It will cast into doubt...
Master Bossert of Lowell House, a proponent of ROTC funding, has argued that "recognizing the individual rights of students [Harvard] shouldn't put any artificial roadblocks" in the way of those who want to participate in ROTC. Unfortunately, artificial roadblocks already exist for a sizable proportion of the student body. Until the Faculty is ready to recognize the rights of all students, including gay students, it should dedicate its limited funds to academic and supportive programs open to all, rather than a discriminatory military program...
Which leads to a scary though--what if the Red Sox, by some random act of God, were actually to deliver the goods to their demented followers? The very frustration that defines the existence of these types would be resolved. They would have no more reason to exist. Jonestown...