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...presidential installation ceremony—replete with symbolic University insignia and political dignitaries—is a long-standing hallmark of an institution that prides itself on its rich history...
...Summers’ initial agenda when he entered Mass. Hall on July 2, they may have a greater impact on Summers’ reputation than student office hours or informal dining hall discussions ever could. His personal skills, once considered his weakness, have become his strength, and a hallmark of how Harvard is handling the tragedy. Summers stood on the steps of Memorial Church alongside Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes and other campus religious leaders—and students noticed. As they departed the vigil and attempted to return to their everyday lives, many students stopped...
...these initiatives will take strong vision and commitment from the administration, but more so from students. Being persistent in our calls for a student center should be a standard; demanding that the administration provide us with incentives for positive interaction, and not mandates for it, should be our hallmark; collaboration between students and the University should be a given. With foresight and commitment, we can turn these words into reality—one brick at a time...
Such unwavering optimism has been the hallmark of Bush’s outlook on the crisis, and that is why he has been so successful at rallying public support. The American people naturally want their leaders to exhibit a spirit of hopeful resilience. This was the secret to Ronald W. Reagan’s superior oratory skills; rather than emphasizing the gravity of a problem, Reagan focused on the righteousness and certainty of the solution. At the 1992 Republican National Convention, he intimated, “...whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone...
...could have stopped there - a gem of a line, a Hallmark-card-sized summation of the littlest and best things we can do - but when American shores are smoldering still, Bush must have realized that more couldn't hurt. Be calm, not scared; be tolerant, not blind; be generous, not selfish; be patient, patient, patient, at airports and skyscrapers and landmarks and hotels and traffic stops and bus stops and train stations and anywhere else it is possible to imagine a public vulnerability, which of course is everywhere...