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Nearly four decades ago, Harvard was electrified as a group of students, opposed to the war in Vietnam, ejected the administration from its dazzling white fortress in the center of the Yard. This radical act of protest began a new era, redefining the relationship between students, faculty, and administrators at the College...
...fate of the kingdom of Rohan is hanging by a thread as the evil Orcs swarm the mountain fortress of Helm?s Deep. Under blood-red clouds, Aragorn and his small band of men stand shoulder to shoulder against the invading hordes, who are hobbling around on freakish weapon/crutches. The elf warrior Legolas mounts a promontory to fire arrows at the Orc targets: FFWWOOSH, FFWWOOSH, FFWWOOSH...
...recent multi-million-dollar Russian reform fraud scandal involving his close friend and fellow economist Jones Professor of Economics Andrei Shleifer ’82 illustrates, Summers also has an ethics problem. This is perhaps most starkly evident in the way that he worked to maintain a fortress of secrecy around him while employing Washington-style political tactics as a way to embarrass or humiliate colleagues. In Summers’ inner circle, economics is about power rather than principle. And this debilitating corporate worldview—where market values are more important than moral values—constitutes the real...
RAVENS In the 17th century, a prophecy warned that if six ravens did not remain at the Tower of London at all times, a great tragedy would befall England. Tough days, then, for Baldrick, Branwen, Gwyllum, Hugine, Munin and Thor - the sextet normally roaming in the fortress grounds, now placed in aviaries. Still, the birds - and the nation - are safe for now. DUC CHICKEN France is Europe's biggest poultry-producing country - and its consumers are keen on organic and free-range produce. Or they were, before fears of avian flu cast a shadow. Duc, one of France...
...heart of Quadlings’ perennial complaints is the apparently insurmountable distance that separates the three-house fortress-of-solitude from the rest of the Harvard campus. Shuttles, Quad residents complain, rarely run when they should and are frequently overcrowded. Even if we ignore the fact that this criticism applies to just about every transportation system on earth—Boston’s subway doesn’t run on time, neither do major airlines—it still oughtn’t carry much weight. For one thing, it’s not true; while shuttles do occasionally...