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...his essay "A Can-Do Nation" [April 9], Bill Bradley rightly described the American character as "open, generous, expansive, forward looking, creative, egalitarian and optimistic." His article should be required reading for each and every presidential candidate. Enough with the gloom and doom...
...jokes from their friends who are returning home for real winter breaks. Fortunately, the calendar is a problem that can be easily fixed. By moving the entire calendar up two weeks and shortening exam periods, the College would not lose any days of instruction and Harvard’s generous reading period would be maintained. Calendar reform certainly seems like a win-win situation, and many groups have recognized it as such. In a position paper released last week, the Undergraduate Council (UC) demonstrated the considerable student support for the proposal and laid out a number of additional reasons...
...legendary entrepreneur, the world’s richest man, and an icon of the computer age—it is appropriate that he is only returning to Harvard to take an honorary degree now that he is also known as the world’s most generous philanthropist. We applaud Harvard for recognizing his contribution to society and welcome Gates back to Cambridge to deliver the keynote address at commencement...
...Once Jacob lands in Denmark After the Wedding - a rich, intricate and very gripping movie from Susanne Bier - takes off. His benefactor, Jorgen (Rolf Lassgard), is Jacob's opposite in every way. He's a large, bumptious man, open in his emotions - genial and generous in his family life - but devious and manipulative in his business dealings. He invites Jacob to attend the wedding of his adopted daughter, knowing full well that (a) he has married the great love of Jacob's life and (b) that the daughter is actually Jacob's child - a fact that becomes agonizingly clear...
Americans historically have not been narrow, selfish or preoccupied with the present at the expense of the future. We have been open, generous, expansive, forward looking, creative, egalitarian and optimistic. And that's who we still are today. All we need is a new story about what is possible--and the political courage to honor our best selves...