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...unorthodox life. She earned a living with her mind, having aced France’s most hallowed philosophy exam to come second only to Jean-Paul Sartre, with whom she founded the existentialist school of thought. The two became an odd and inseparable pair, loving each other with an explicit allowance for outside dalliances. Under that agreement, she fell passionately in love, twice, and had a lifelong affair with crying and alcohol. A haphazard dresser and global traveler, Beauvoir also had no reservations about fictionalizing her liaisons with female philosophy students, whom she passed on to Sartre. We would...
...faces on the stage behind her were young and fresh, not the familiar - and yes, old ones - of the Clinton Administration years. Her larger-than-life husband moved in for the briefest of embraces, and then disappeared. Just in case anyone missed the symbolism, Hillary Clinton made everything explicit with the opening notes of a New Hampshire primary victory speech that had seemed unlikely, even to those around her, just hours before: "Over the last week, I listened to you," said Clinton. "And in the process, I found my own voice...
...Wednesday, the government said of Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement: "It is becoming clear that these well-organized acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing were well planned, financed and rehearsed by Orange Democratic Movement leaders prior to the general elections." That charge made explicit the specter now haunting what has historically been one of Africa's most stable and tourist-friendly nations - that it might descend into the kind of ethnic slaughter seen in Rwanda in 1994. On Thursday, Kenya will confront those fears...
...title is meant to be ironic, because everyone knows the Trojan War did take place.” The play, however, won’t just cover the epic event as it happened. “We’ve pulled it out of an explicit 1935 setting and tried to make it applicable to America on the brink of some of its recent wars,” says Chase-Levenson. “We’ll have half the cast in togas and masks and half in modern clothing.”Chase-Levenson asserts that the production...
...course evaluations. Although complete enforcement is impossible, the motion does provide an incentive. If it is passed, students who submit their course evaluations will have their grades made available to them early. It is the responsibility of conscientious students to complete their Q evaluations, and “the explicit expression of that expectation has proved effective at other institutions,” according to the agenda for today’s Faculty meeting. This carrot for filling out evaluations is both fair and necessary given the low response rates for evaluations.Most students who take advantage of the Q Guide...