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It’s no exaggeration to say that the Kurds are victims of one of history??s greatest ongoing tragedies; they’ve been consistently tortured, killed, oppressed and forcibly unsettled for well over a century. And while there are certain similarities between the mistreatments of the Kurds and the repression of other minorities—the Armenians and the Jews come immediately to mind—the Kurds are unique in that they have no state of their own. They were promised a state in the Treaty of Sevres in the aftermath of the First...
...legislation also has presidential support. Lots of it. The late President Ronald Reagan, honored in 1983 as a Life Member of the National Rifle Association (NRA)—one of only 19 individuals to earn that honor in the NRA’s 133-year history??was instrumental in lobbying members of congress to pass the original ban in 1994. On June 14, 2004, Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton sent a letter to George W. Bush urging him to renew the ban. Add in the tacit support of President George H.W. Bush who took...
Slichter’s memories of academics by the Yard are no rosier. He recalls rewarding hours of study on topics including intellectual history??reserving high praise for Trumbull Professor of History emeritus Donald Fleming, Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of African and African American Studies Werner Sollors and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes. But in his memoir, Slichter refers to the College as “a place for which I was poorly prepared and which in every regard…annihilated my self-confidence...
Aiding in that enterprise was Dawson, who announced his arrival with 40 bruising carries—tied for second most in school history??three touchdowns and 183 yards...
Disaster or not, Summers has certainly built a “communications and media relations” machine at the University, expanding the role of the Office of News and Public Affairs and hiring—for the first time in Harvard’s history??a personal spokesperson...