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...very glad it’s on the way out, I think it’s absolutely ridiculous. Going back to the ancient Greeks, they actually constructed a famous fighting cohort with pairs of male lovers because they thought they would fight more boldly when they were vying to look good in the eyes of their lovers. The fighting forces have had gay and lesbian people for a very long time, and there’s something just very weird about the stance the Army has taken versus the stance that other countries with fine armies such as Canada, Britain...

Author: By Jose A. Delreal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Martha Nussbaum | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Hammond said she is glad to both have an impact on the children she met, as well as to be a role model for them...

Author: By Nitish Lakhanpal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MIT Professor Honored As Scientist of the Year | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...opening chapters Huck’s ignorance humorously undermines accepted social conventions. When a religious widow, after attempting to convince Huck of the benefits of Christianity, asserts that Tom Sawyer won’t be going to Heaven, Huck quips that he is glad he won’t go to Heaven “because I wanted [Tom Sawyer] and me to be together.” Twain extends Huck’s naiveté even further when Huck fails to understand that Tom’s fantasy games are not real. In one scene Huck believes that...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Second Look at Comedy in Twain | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

Despite the secrecy and stigma that some students say accompany being Z-listed, most say they are glad for the opportunity to take a year off before coming to Harvard...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Z-Listed Students Experience Year Off | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

Heribert Hutterer, Vienna I am very glad that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld had no phone number for a person capable of leading the whole of Europe into the Iraq war. It was enough that they had Tony Blair's number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Speaks Back | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

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