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...such conciliatory rhetoric from some Iranian officials, it is likely that many of the mullahs still dream of a robust nuclear program--if Iran had the capacity to make a bomb, it would get the respect it deserves. That conforms with Iran's self-image as a nation whose glorious past and potential greatness are undermined by implacable enemies such as the U.S. According to experts inside and outside the country, the regime sees bargaining over its nuclear rights as a way to recast the strategic balance in the region in Iran's favor, to gain stature and recognition...
...shouldn’t be—a tribe of perky people gushing—is a mistake. Harvard will always be on the unbearable side, because Harvard admits its students to be ambitious and to succeed, not to be happy. But the unbearable environment is glorious, because it is the counterpart to the atmosphere of achievement. The negatives must be accommodated. And take heart: someday, these trials will make you a much more interesting cocktail party guest. Lucy M. Caldwell ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, lives in Wigglesworth Hall...
...confidently letting each note float around until it resolves itself in your head. He's equally adept at spelling his minimalism with funk on the original Ellen's Song, and closes with a solo version of Lord, I Give Myself to You, in which he harmonizes with himself in glorious fashion...
...remember, for instance, the first time I was assigned Edmund Burke; I had no idea what a Whig or the Glorious Revolution...
...follow. Identified mostly with princely, heroic roles in "tutu ballets" like La Bayadère and Don Quixote, he won Dance Magazine's 2004 award for contributions to dance, the first Cuban to do so since Alonso in 1958. The citation said, "He thrills audiences with his powerful leaps and glorious pirouettes, and breaks their hearts with his vulnerability...