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...notes that generalized remorseful feelings "started with [Germans] about 10 years younger" than the 82-year-old Pope. Members of Benedict's generation tend to judge themselves strictly on the grounds of personal culpability. Moreover, the Pope identifies heavily with his church, which he sees as having played a heroic anti-Nazi role. (History is far more ambiguous, although institutional Catholicism acquitted itself better than Protestantism.) As Catholicism's longtime philosophical enforcer, he holds even more fiercely than did John Paul to the belief that the church as a holy entity is perfect. He is less eager to critique...
...even such a stunning victory might have been quickly forgotten if not for LevSPN, the YouTube channel dedicated to Leverett sporting and musical events. Featuring videos covering everything from swimming to singing to stand-up comedy, LevSPN forever immortalizes the heroic efforts of Leverett students...
...Bill Simmons after scintillating Game 1, the series has been just that: the single best first-round series ever. It just got the record for most overtimes played in an NBA playoff series in history--in only six games. It has played 7 overtimes, the previous record was 4. Heroic performances and huge moments have been a staple in this series. Game 6 alone included Joakim Noah's epic steal and dunk, Ray Allen's antics, which included several ridiculous shots and 51 points, and Derrick Rose's game-sealing block, which was one of the finer feats of athleticism...
...CourtMemorial Church1 p.m.Stand-Up Comedy JamCambridge Queen’s Head1 p.m.Fallen Angels A Cappella Jam, Science Center C1 p.m.Harvard Organ Society, Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St1 p.m.Debussy’s Prelude d’Après-midi d’une FaunePaine Hall1 p.m.John Williams: Heroic Masterpieces Sanders Theatre1 p.m.Prokofiev’s Five MelodiesPhillip Brooks House1 p.m.Opportunes A CappellaHarvard Yard Stage/Harvard Yard1 p.m.Harvard University PowWowRadcliffe Yard, QRAC 66 Garden St1 p.m.Pottery Wheel Throwing DemonstrationsScience Center1 p.m.Japanese Tea CeremonyTea Room, 5 Bryant St1 p.m.Dance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall, 17 Kirkland St1:30 p.m.An Afternoon of OperaDudley...
...promoting sustainability and speeches by the likes of Al Gore ’69. At times, the rhetoric can even come off as something out of the show Captain Planet: we claim to reduce carbon emissions and conserve energy, all to save the earth. Yet our efforts to be heroic often come up short...