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...granddaughter from Farmingdale, N.Y., to Toronto. Squirming on her mom's lap, Liba stretched out her arms toward him, plaintively wailing "Gampa!" Harbater took her onto his lap, cradling her with one hand while piloting the plane. She snuggled against him, fascinated by the colored lights blinking on the instrument panel and the rain streaking back on the windshield. "It was like a dream come true," he says. And perhaps most satisfying, a year later Liba still talks about "Gampa's airpane...
...naively think, “I can be different. I do not fit this Harvard mold,” I would have to correct you. Think of how you got here. You did well in school, because that was what one was supposed to do. You played a musical instrument, because your parents inculcated that ability as a symbol of excellence. You ran for leadership positions because your teachers encouraged you to do so. (Of course there are some genuinely brilliant kids who have developed their talents without such constant prodding, but they fall few and far in between...
...difficulties in Iraq were entirely predictable and show that military forces are ill suited for social work or political projects. An army is a blunt instrument. Its function is to destroy an enemy. Unless the U.S. intends to do just that, we should keep our soldiers at home. Michael Smith Cynthiana, Kentucky...
...difficulties in Iraq were entirely predictable and show that military forces are ill suited for social work or political projects. An army is a blunt instrument. Its function is to destroy an enemy. Unless the U.S. intends to do just that, we should keep our soldiers at home. Michael Smith Cynthiana, Kentucky...
...should leave this project to my.harvard, the platform that was designed to serve as the all-College homepage. The UC’s website is not and should not be envisioned as a type of all-College portal. Instead, the website should function as an efficient and uncomplicated instrument of outreach for the UC’s most mission-critical tasks. Anything more would be excessive and go largely unused. Toward this goal, an improved and functional UC webpage merely requires an improved voting system, simplified and easier-to-use grant pages, a purge of dead links, and maybe even...