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...radicalizes a people or undermines the moderate aspect of Islam than aggressive Western intrusion in the East. The histories of Islamic fundamentalism and Western imperialism have often been closely intertwined--so much so that thinking of 1857, we might remember the celebrated dictum of Edmund Burke: that those who fail to learn from history are always destined to repeat...
...radicalizes a people or undermines the moderate aspect of Islam than aggressive Western intrusion in the East. The histories of Islamic fundamentalism and Western imperialism have often been closely intertwined-so much so that thinking of 1857, we might remember the celebrated dictum of Edmund Burke: that those who fail to learn from history are always destined to repeat...
...with a final vote in sight, professors still disagreed yesterday over the place of advanced departmental courses in the new program. Interim Dean of the Faculty David Pilbeam, who has stepped in for Dean Jeremy R. Knowles as Knowles battles prostate cancer, expressed concern yesterday that the Faculty might fail to see the review through to completion. “We are running very close to running this whole thing into the sand,” Pilbeam said. “We are not very good at fine-tuning in the committee as a whole,” Pilbeam said...
...year long. Despite their good intentions, the CEB has simply not done an acceptable job of executing campus-wide events for Harvard College during the past year. At the expense of large scale programming, the CEB has focused far too much of its energy on small-scale events that fail to fulfill its mission of fostering undergraduate identity. Neglecting its promise of two to three campus-wide events per semester, the CEB decided against replacing the rained-out pep rally with another major event. Instead, the CEB devoted its attention to small-scale events?...
...transfer schools and YABCS over the remaining 2 1/2 years of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration. Replicating successful programs is always tricky, but in this case there's a peculiar obstacle. Under state- and federal-accountability rules, schools full of students who don't graduate on time are labeled failing. By that definition, YABCS and transfer schools fail no matter how brilliant a job they are doing. "It's hard to get partners to invest and hard to attract strong leaders when the school is labeled failing," says Hamilton...