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Walk from University Hall to Johnston Gate someday and pay attention to what lies underfoot. There’s a problem with the Yard’s sidewalks. But what is it? The distressed asphalt, the knots of tourists, and the haphazard layout are all issues. Set those petty gripes aside, though: the most distressingly grave issue with our sidewalks remains their stark, shocking nudity...
...multi-pronged attack, more reminiscent of al-Qaeda raids on U.S. compounds in Riyadh than the usual haphazard Taliban bombings, heralds not only new tactics, but new targets. Until now the insurgency in Afghanistan has focused its attacks on foreign military convoys, diplomatic enclaves, government installations and Afghan security forces. No longer...
...Jean-Paul Sartre, with whom she founded the existentialist school of thought. The two became an odd and inseparable pair, loving each other with an explicit allowance for outside dalliances. Under that agreement, she fell passionately in love, twice, and had a lifelong affair with crying and alcohol. A haphazard dresser and global traveler, Beauvoir also had no reservations about fictionalizing her liaisons with female philosophy students, whom she passed on to Sartre. We would be mistaken, however, to reduce her eccentricities to a life of temerity and scandal. Beauvoir inspired millions of women through conferences on her magnum opus...
...contemporaries and rivals in the late 1980s and early 1990s were the heavyweights of the figure skating world: Olympic medalist Paul Wylie, world champion Todd Eldredge, and national medalist Mark Mitchell. Mitchell, who was always surprised by Bowman's ability to compete at the highest level despite his haphazard training schedule, says "the locker room was always very entertaining" when Bowman was around. One of Bowman's favorite stories, with which he regaled teammates over and over again, highlighted his complicated relationship with Carroll. A day after sitting down with Carroll to be lectured on the importance of eating right...
...some have two). What’s more, many of our campus’s newest inhabitants are worn out from their high-school language experience or unsure of what new tongue to take up next. This unique dilemma, and the grumbling that follows, is created entirely by the haphazard, bureaucratic rules in place that stifle a welcoming intellectual environment. In the spirit of cultivating curious, focused minds, Harvard should trust its students to make their own informed, reasoned choices from among its 4,000-plus courses...