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...aged building could lead to a big change for the club--he even hinted at the possibility of a University takeover of the building. "If the ownership of the building were to revert to Harvard, FAS would use it to accommodate student groups' needs," he described as the ideal relationship between the two bodies. Though the Pudding's lease won't run out for another 85 years, the University's vast resources could allow it to gain control much sooner...
...this stomp across the sea initiated the widespread suppression of manliness. "We have the example of the elite young men dodging the draft," Wolfe observes. The efforts of America's top warriors went into avoiding combat rather than embracing it. These men and their apologists had to destroy the ideal of the male fighter to justify saving their own skin. Manliness never disappeared, but popular culture stopped celebrating it, says the author of A Man in Full. Warrior images--the army sergeant, the astronaut--became "feminized" as women joined the ranks. And all the while, the male ego percolated...
Hennessy's background would indicate that he could be the ideal Silicon Valley president for a school that has long been associated with the tech world...
Even so, Assad's intentions may yet be more Machiavellian. Perhaps Assad is engaging in behavior repugnant to Israelis precisely because it may sabotage a future referendum. For Assad, a scenario in which an Israeli plebiscite rejects a peace agreement signed by the Syrian and Israeli governments is ideal. In such a case, Syria reaps the benefits of peace and avoids the destabilizing effects of normalization with the Jewish state. On the one hand, Assad will claim he has crossed the Rubicon for peace and rightfully deserves full financial and international political support. That Israel chose not to accept...
Though officials involved in the search had said they would like to have a permanent dean in place at Radcliffe this fall--one source said just last week that "having a permanent dean in the fall would be ideal"--Faust said yesterday she will not assume the Radcliffe helm until January...