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Also noteworthy in the premier issue is a glaring quote from the page four manifesto: "Simply put, no one should come to Harvard with a firm grasp of the truth just to lose it in the quagmire of attitudes present here." In other words, Peninsula will be the voice of those poor, huddled masses of Harvard students who fear a test of faith...
...must be evangelized.Peninsula doesn't disguise this agenda: "[N]o one should come to Harvard with a firm grasp of the truth just to lose it in the quagmire of attitudes prevalent here...[W]e hope to present the truth in such a manner that those willing can accept and believe it," (emphasis mine...
Also to learn. Chamorro owes her election not to any natural gift for leadership but to her married name. Though graced with regal poise and an engaging personality, she has had little experience in public life. Her grasp of Nicaragua's Sisyphean economic challenge is tenuous, and her political range is narrow: at least initially, she is leaning heavily on the dozen family members and advisers who constitute her brain trust...
According to Greek mythology, the gods punished Sisyphus after his death by making him constantly push a heavy stone up a hill. Whenever Sisyphus neared the top, the stone would escape his grasp and roll down to the bottom of the hill, condemning the ancient king to another painful trip...
...categories of art, not just history painting, but oil painting itself. He was perfectly content with pen and watercolor. But his mastery of them was complete, and it shows everywhere: in the supple energy of his line, in the feathery offhand signs for foliage and clouds, in the unerring grasp of tone that enabled him to particularize those dense, rowdy friezes of people so coherently against the pale buildings and landscapes...