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...problem. Young men in uniform, eager to get home, dismissive or just plain ignorant of local customs and unable to express themselves with anything more than a vein-popping scream and a brandished machine gun. "You are f_____g around. Just f___ off!" a soldier yelled at an Iraqi who was trying to visit the regional governor's residence in Kirkuk last week. (Every Iraqi, sadly, already knows the F word.) "The American soldier is, please excuse the word, very high-handed," says Abu Mousa, a veteran Iraqi journalist. Much more worrisome: some Iraqis believe the U.S. troops are light...
...that is proud of its country. If the Democrats want to return to viability, they must praise the nation's accomplishments--their own and those of the GOP--in a meaningful way and be seen as building upon them. Need a formula? Giving 10 compliments earns the right to express one criticism. EDWARD GABRIELSE St. Charles...
Today, as 100 years ago, many faculty express indignation about shoppers, as though they think, “I am a Harvard professor. I am not a peach or a loaf of bread, to be picked up, squeezed, sniffed, and put back.” But until this year’s controversies reminded us of its importance, shopping was largely taken for granted here. I myself never thought about it much as a student or a faculty member until a graduate student advisee from Senegal came to my office some years ago in great distress after his first Harvard...
...surfer clothing outlet Pacific Sunwear, an Adidas shoe and clothing store on Mass. Ave., the trendy Express and Structure women and men’s outfitters and music megastore HMV all are national chains whose Harvard Square locations have closed their doors in the past four years...
...happy with my time at The Crimson, I’m very glad to leave behind the journalistic grind. I cannot possibly convey in words the violent frustration one feels when a computer crashes and deletes a nearly-finished article an hour before deadline. I can’t express in newsprint how horrible it is to be awake at four in the morning editing what will be that morning’s content, all the while worrying about the history paper that awaits unfinished on the laptop back home. Not to mention all those weekends that were spent travelling...