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...they did) to denote toughness, heart and passion, they agreed. But when news of Dambrot’s usage got out, the college administration reproached and then fired him. Kennedy thinks that Dumbrot’s usage was ill-advised, but thinks his being fired was too harsh a sentence. Herein lies the contradiction. If racist intent was not apparent in Dambrot’s use, what else constituted its inappropriateness? Is ignorance or the simplification of the word’s far-reaching implications alone worthy of criticism? And if so, should all speakers, of all races, be aware...
Despite a year marred by harsh criticism from its publishers and the death of a researcher-writer, Let’s Go has drawn an unusually large applicant pool this year...
...Picasso, a Paris resident from 1904 to '46 apart from a five-year stay in the country in the '30s, is a constant presence, throwing up ideas and trying out other people's. Here are sketches made in 1907 for his Les Demoiselles d'Avignon of that year, the harsh painting set in a brothel and inspired by African masks. "He was a leading figure throughout the period," says Dumas, an inventive mind who had an impact on many of the multifarious movements. He was also one of the few artists of stature to remain in the capital throughout World...
...completely without serious consequences and its students can do no wrong, or so it seems. Regardless how much students slack, shirk or steal, the University eventually tosses a diploma in their direction and they stride into the real world having been coddled by academics and protected from the harsh realities of the real world. Sheltered by brick, ivy and egos, we are taught to feel impervious to everyone else’s rules, according to which people go to jail and ruin their lives for mistakes they made when they were, yes, just...
...actually worth it? Perhaps. If heads weren’t turning before, they certainly are now. And with the proper marketing and media strategy, they might even transform their fall from social grace into quite a cushy book deal. For just as Harvard protects its students from the harsh consequences of the real world, the real world shields its high-profile criminals from their punishment with publicity and money...