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...matter what philosophical uncertainty exists about the finer points of political morality, people agree on the basics. For example: human rights, freedom and democratic government are good. If we accept that claim (and almost everyone does), it is natural to regard whatever endangers those good things as “bad”—or, to use a stronger word, “evil.” That word need not be associated with religious ideas. Bush’s use requires “evil” to mean nothing more than “opposed...
...Lisbon Traviata, excessive enjoyment of opera represents an escape from the mediocrity of life into the magnificence of art. The masterful opera singer Maria Callas is the divine artistic ideal, offering deliverance to the unfulfilled characters. Callas provides them with insight into the finer points of existence...
...Don’t mind if I do! As at other campuses across the country, enthusiasm for the new film Rollerball has invigorated Harvard’s normally apathetic student body. “That acting! That drama! That rollerball excitement! I can’t think of three finer actors than L. L. Cool J, Chris Klein and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos,” raved Christine S. Narnia ’02. Reid Professor of English and American Literature Philip J. Fisher plans on dropping The Sound and the Fury to make room for the Rollerball screenplay...
...Kevin Pope, a former NASA scientist. Reviewing recent studies of atom-bomb blasts and analyses of particles in strata at the 65 million-year level, he concluded in Geology that most of the dust particles were too large to have remained suspended in the air for many months. The finer particles that stayed airborne would not have blocked enough sunlight to cause mass extinctions. Pope speculates instead that soot from the worldwide conflagrations, sulfate aerosols and other impact phenomena were to blame. His findings prompted such headlines as ALVAREZ TEAM WAS WRONG and DUST DIDN'T DO IT, and heartened...
...That’s always our toughest meet of the year [before Heps],” Grant said. “We realize that and we’ll use that time to train hard and work on the finer techniques of rhythm and our sprinting abilities. We’ll be able to compete with [Brown and Cornell...