Word: hards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world is getting a crash course in international trade this week as it ponders the clash of visions and interests at the meetings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle. Meshing the interests of the 130-plus governments at the meetings would be hard enough, without the added complexity of the kaleidoscope of interest groups and activists that have turned the streets of Seattle into a mix of protests, political muscle-flexing and violence. The WTO is portrayed by its supporters as protector of the poor and bulwark of global prosperity, and by its foes as an unaccountable, secretive...
...weeks since we've returned from Thanksgiving break, posters have sprung up around campus marking the start of the campaign for the council presidency. It would be hard to argue that the current crop of would-be leaders is anything other than sorely uninspiring. Aside from the banality of the proposals and slogans being tossed around, one is struck by the parching draught of charisma one finds in the field of candidates...
After suffering a pair of losses to less than stellar opponents in the first month of the season, it's hard to know whether it will be Jeckyl or Hyde suiting up for the No. 1 Crimson (6-2, 4-2 ECAC) on any given night...
...politics, literature, music and sexuality. It is a book about self-discovery, and West's efforts to come to terms with himself and the world he lives in. This lofty aim is often undercut by what can be interpreted as grandiose, self serving comments, but one would find it hard to fault West or the book for his unceasing vigilance in attempting to understand himself and his surroundings. What one finds in the Reader is a deeply committed philosopher, questing after what he considers important. One also detects some of the superciliousness that West is accused of, but this idiosyncrasy...
...course, it makes sense - loneliness is the enemy for most here, and this place can be hard on what they call the "mental housing," especially for the de-feminized females whose boyfriends have stopped writing. But for those far beyond high school - and thus for the most part far beyond needing clamor to keep one's mind off this place's occasional rigors - it's the clamor that threatens to corner...