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...talking about European troops in Lebanon and how he didn’t think that the governments had made an adequate commitment and he said ‘Ceci n’est pas un peacekeeping force,’” I explain...
...pornography. The show’s affliction runs deep in its third season, in which its characters’ relationships are bought with sexual currency.Such sexual leverage facilitates relationships in “Seinfeld” as well—when Jerry presses George to explain why he stopped seeing a woman just because she beat him at chess, he says, “I don’t see how I could perform sexually in a situation after something like that.” But Larry David’s characters are so well-defined—by their...
...food. But there’s an element of difficulty in that many of us never played the sports we cover, or at least not past a Pop Warner level. The vast majority of us are fans-turned-reporters, where we throw on veils of objectivity and try to explain what happened instead of blindly cheering.All this puts us in a precarious position. Coach, you can come after reporters for not spending their lives playing or coaching football, or argue that our lack of technical understanding makes us somehow less competent. But when there are breakdowns on the field...
...explain to my non-Harvard and Yale friends what it means. They never quite get it, and apparently, neither does the HAA. This horrendous attempt by an organization that claims “to promote the welfare of Harvard University,” a prominent and usually rational Harvard-affiliated organization, should not be tolerated...
...Columbia, Maryland, U.S. I was dismayed by your article "Turning Hunger into Hatred" because of its rather limited perspective. One can't deny the suffering of Palestinians, but at the same time we should be acutely aware of what caused it - not Israeli bombs but Palestinian terrorists. The article explained in detail everything the Israelis have destroyed and how miserable Palestinians' lives are as a result. Not once did it explain the defensive reasons for Israel's actions. The blame lies solely with the Palestinians for encouraging terrorist activities. Aaron Kligman Montreal Ruining Our Pun Re "A not-quite-immaculate...