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Cleary's performance as athletic director was consistent with his national reputation as one of the foremost advocates for amateur athletics. In 1956, he was part of the silver medal-winning U.S. Olympic hockey team. He won a gold medal four years later. He was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1989, and he received the Lester Patrick Award in 1997 for contributions to hockey...
What went wrong? Eiland has one of the army's keenest analytical minds. He speaks almost entirely in neatly memorized lists, usually organized in fives. His clear, blue eyes don't blink as he runs through the army's mistakes. Foremost is Israel's failure to acquire nonlethal weapons for riot control. At riots on the edges of every Palestinian town, the army progresses quickly from tear gas to rubber-coated metal bullets to live ammunition--though Eiland says the last step comes only when a soldier feels his life is clearly in danger or when Palestinians open fire...
...that one could easily finish on the plane ride home. And the message is significantly more important that chomping on some pretzels and finishing the crossword puzzle in Delta's Sky magazine. I think Arthur Miller would agree that no matter how hard it is, you should first and foremost be true to yourself. I hope Harvard students understand...
Indeed, Ashbery's poetry remains recalcitrant even to his most celebratory of academic reviewers. John Shoptaw, one of Ashbery's foremost critics, has defined Ashbery's style as a "poetics of indeterminacy"-a euphemism, perhaps, for the poetry's intimidating lack of structural or thematic unity...
What makes a museum family friendly? First and foremost, it should have a terrific collection that's worth visiting, whether you're with your kids, your Great- Aunt Thelma or your mother's college roommate. Second, it should a make a special effort to welcome parents and children, with everything from activity guides and workshops to facilities set aside just for families. The following museums--only a small sample from dozens across the country--have made an effort to make art inviting and accessible to everyone. At their best, they strive to help you look at art--and perhaps even...