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...harm in spreading the erudite gospel of the university to the public at large. As HIPJ members point out, we might be just 21 years old, but we are 21-year-old students. And we aren’t just students, we are Harvard students. Impressive, huh...
...single mother who feels alone and frustrated." But then Reno says something that leaves the N.O.W. women, dressed in suffragist purple, looking puzzled. She talks about "the young white man who wants to be an FBI agent but feels he doesn't have a chance because of affirmative action." Huh...
...typical moment: I walk into a hotel. Receptionist says, “------.” I say, “What?” She says “-----.” I say, “Huh?” She says, for the third time now, “Buenos días.” We are both embarassed...
...Weird, huh? Not in the age of globalization--for that, in effect, is what the General Electric Co., United Technologies Corp. and Honeywell International Inc. have just done. Last year GE outbid UTC for Honeywell; American antitrust authorities approved the merger. But--though the game isn't over--the deal appears to have been nixed by the competition division of the European Commission in Brussels, which is headed by an Italian, Mario Monti. (To continue the Connecticut theme, Monti studied at Yale.) For more than 10 years, the commission has claimed jurisdiction over any merger between firms whose combined global...
According to the memorable, short prayer at the heart of the Twelve-Step treatment program, it's folly to seek to control the uncontrollable. The behavior of others, by definition, is uncontrollable, and all we can hope to govern is ourselves. What a cop-out, huh? Wouldn't it be nobler by far to fight the good fight with all the weapons available: a firm bass voice, a wagging finger, the Bible? After all, this teen-drinking business is serious. Just because I survived my 12-pack road trips and puke-a-thon proms doesn't mean my daughter will...