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...seats. When intelligible, the Citizens of the Tower of London are at best satisfactory. Though their swinging and swaying could have been sharper and better choreographed, they looked incredibly happy doing it. The grim faced quartet of Yeomen, looking a bit ridiculous in their putty, bright red uniforms, function more as a sight gag than a meaningful musical contribution to the show...
...recognize that students and others may nonetheless worry about the administrative colleges that are underway. We are continually consulting with everyone concerned to ensure a smooth transition. The arrangements for public service in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences were modified only after extensive consultations, and they must function for a time before further adjustments are considered in the light of experience. Public service programs at Harvard will not benefit from never-ending arguments about administration...
Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact that so many men and women of renown and significance attended this college is no accident, but a function of Harvard's unique involvement in the intellectual life of this nation. How exactly did it become the "place to be?" Certainly, no one would suggest that its notoriety and influence spontaneously came into being. But there is so much more even than this to be examined in our history...
...close to oblivious of that history? In short, to those who go for the "all or nothing" approach and find themselves believing that "nothing" in this situation is better than "all," I advocate an exception. Such a course as I am proposing would have a unique function on our campus, one that should not be denied for the sake of conformity to a general principle that clearly does not obtain in this case...
...supervise their return to barracks and patrol demilitarized zones on both sides of the cease-fire lines. The I-FOR commanders will be the judges of what action they must take in any situation, and while the military annex to the agreement does not say so, the force will function much like an army of occupation...