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...fight, but he also wasn't scared of a friend," says conservative Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas. After heated debates with John McCain on the Senate floor, Wellstone, a former college wrestler who still holds the Capitol Police gym record for pushups and pull-ups, would grab McCain in the cloakroom in a mock wrestling hold. And when one of his amendments was inevitably defeated by a lopsided vote, Wellstone would walk over to the opposing Senator who had defeated him, slap him on the back and joke, "You were lucky this time." He remained the ideological conscience...
...professors themselves to not be tempted by the limelight into speaking about issues that are out of their realm of expertise, says Homi K. Bhabha, professor of English and American language and literature. “Some people are only too ready to be seduced by the temptation to grab the public platform,” he says. This is not a problem to which Harvard is immune. “Clearly there are people at elite universities—including Harvard—who seem to spend a lot of time on TV and publish a lot of stuff...
...rely on for the conservative reaction. “There are times when [the media] stereotypes and simplifies your views so that you become a recognizable icon,” Bhabha says. “Some people are only too ready to be seduced by the temptation to grab the public platform. You have to be very careful not to be a rent-a-quote public intellectual...
...cream.” Martin says he’s also noticed that students here are often hard-pressed to find time to go out casually. “In Europe, no matter what you’re doing, people find a way to get together at night to grab a beer. I miss that kind of daily, casual interaction,” he says. “People will generally tend to casually end up in a café in the afternoon or go out to a pub at night, not to get drunk...
...fight, but he also wasn't scared of a friend," says conservative Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas. After heated debates with John McCain on the Senate floor, Wellstone, a former college wrestler who still holds the Capitol Police gym record for pushups and pull-ups, would grab McCain in the cloakroom in a mock wrestling hold. And when one of his amendments was inevitably defeated by a lopsided vote, Wellstone would walk over to the opposing Senator who had defeated him, slap him on the back and joke, "You were lucky this time." He remained the ideological conscience...