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...Summers does not commit sufficient University resources and attention to the arts, he will be taking a grave risk of which he may not be aware. Harvard, arts activists say, has a unique role to play in shaping national culture, and much of its prestige is buoyed by its dominant position in many artistic areas—the art museums and the ART are two of the most respected institutions in their fields internationally. According to ART Executive Director Orchard, “the kind of ambivalence that comes out of Harvard” is responsible for the national attitude...
...chopping-block—not for a mere reduction, but for complete annihilation. Now that the House’s leadership—under the inept decision-making of Speaker Thomas M. Finneran, D-Mattapan—has kept this horrific cut in the proposed budget, this grave duty falls to the Senate leadership and to the House’s membership...
...main issue in the debate is a moral one: should the state execute somebody who has clearly committed a heinous crime? Participants are asked by both sides to forget all those embarrassing stories about inmates released from death row after the state almost sent them to an unearned early grave. We are supposed to assume that our criminal justice system operates, or can one day operate, with little or no error...
...girl of his dreams. Then a courtesan house, a bloodthirsty tyrant, Rome’s version of Mr. Magoo and a slew of other characters get thrown into the mix, resulting in a laugh-fest with hints of vaudeville that would probably make Ovid roll in his grave. But modern-day audiences have adored it. Through Saturday, April 26, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8.pm. Tickets $5 are available through the Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222. Cabot House Junior Common Room, 100 Walker...
AILING. ROBERT ATKINS, 72, founder of the high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet; in a coma, with severe head injuries, after slipping on ice and hitting his head on a sidewalk; in New York City. Doctors who performed surgery to relieve the pressure of the trauma said his condition was grave...