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DIED. Jeane Kirkpatrick, 80, erudite, acerbic first female U.S. ambassador to the U.N., whose impassioned neoconservatism and blunt assessments of Democrats made her a G.O.P. star; in Bethesda, Md. Disgusted with what she perceived as the U.S.'s weak image under Jimmy Carter, the longtime Democrat, who did not formally switch parties until 1985, became publicly known as an ardent anticommunist and one of Ronald Reagan's closest foreign policy advisers. She helped Reagan distinguish between unfriendly Marxist "totalitarian" regimes and acceptable, rightist "authoritarian" ones; lambasted targets from the Soviet Union to the U.N. Security Council; and in a speech...
Gillis, who donned his high-school tuxedo in preparation for a Delta Gamma formal later in the night, brought a “Gillis-Wimberley” campaign poster to the event...
...women participating in campus politics on the same level as men,” Dara F. Goodman ‘07, an RUS co-president, said. The issue of the dearth of female representation has been acknowledged during the campaign season, but the UC has not had a formal discussion on it this year. “The UC needs to acknowledge this [issue] now,” said West Yard UC representative and secretary Andrea R. Flores ’10, who attended the meeting last night. Participants in the discussion concluded that the problem lies with...
...image than any other meal," says Leon Rappoport, who surveyed hundreds of diners on their feelings about food for his 2003 book How We Eat: Appetite, Culture and the Psychology of Food. He says that people generally associate the morning meal with family, coziness, and casualness, whereas dinner feels formal, heavy and even sad, particularly among young men. Thomas Keller, chef and owner of French Laundry in Yountville, Calif. and Per Se in New York City, (both of which won 3-star ratings from the Michelin guides) says happy childhood memories inspired his gourmet take on toad in the hole...
Although Harvard College’s decision to reimburse student groups for the “gift tax” is a welcome development, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ (FAS) refusal to rescind the tax or lend formal support to the College’s reimbursement is deeply troubling. The tax is unfair and, contrary to Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles’ justification for his action, could be easily rolled back. Knowles should reverse course on the gift tax, which is symptomatic of the apathy toward student life that seems to have gripped University...