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...true persons of the year were the voters of Iraq. The courage the Iraqis are showing the rest of the Middle East and the world as they build a democracy is extraordinary. The Iraqi people deserved that honor. Myra Adams Alexandria, Virginia...
...TIME selected King as Man of the Year. In 1964 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A man of superior intelligence, King was a passionate crusader for complete justice for all people and an extraordinary leader. Americans observe a national holiday in his honor. It grieves me deeply, therefore, that you felt it necessary to print references to his extramarital affairs, which can only diminish his stature. I am not disputing the information in the excerpt. I am only lamenting the fact that so many people seem to find it necessary to expose the clay feet of our heroes...
Wasserstein, a graduate of both HLS and Harvard Business School, has been a major benefactor of HLS—he was one of 11 alumni who gave $5.1 million in Clark’s honor when he stepped down from the HLS deanship in 2003 and the Wasserstein family has endowed both a professorship and public interest law fellowship at the law school...
...Martin Luther King Day because he feared it would cheapen the meaning of King’s message. “We want to save Martin Luther King from becoming an American hero,” Rushing said, arguing that it is easy to build statues in honor of dead heroes, but much harder to carry on their dreams with real action. Lumumba B. Seegars ’09, who read an excerpt from King’s “I See the Promised Land,” said he wants to see the issues of multicultural dialogue being...
...said Glazer. “My job...all of your jobs. Every day that we are meeting with administers trying to make this school better—not only for us but also for students who haven’t yet walked through Johnston Gate—is an honor.” And Capp, with his trademark sense of humor, displayed his fondness for his partner at the end of his speech. “I’ve been very lucky to have had professional intercourse with him,” said Capp before turning to Glazer...