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...Insult was added to injury when, in violation of its own rules and procedures, the Ad Board proceeded with its disciplinary hearing while the criminal investigation was still in process. Itagaki was forced to withdraw voluntarily in order to postpone his Ad Board hearing, because any testimony that he would have given to the Board could and would have been used against him by the prosecutor in the criminal case--a dilemma he would not have faced had the Ad Board adhered to its own regulation and waited until the criminal case were over...
First, the staff editorial ("Commencement Choice: Dr. Who?"). It is an insult to every scientist at Harvard to be told that the choice of Dr. Varmus is a "disappointment." As for "glamour," how many Harvard seniors from the class of 1995 had heard of Vaclav Havel prior to that Czech Republic President's selection as the Commencement Speaker for that year? No poll was conducted to my knowledge, but I'd venture a guess: not many. Seldom has such myopia been demonstrated by an entire staff (minus three) of supposedly intelligent journalists. This essay demonstrates a lack of education...
...Hint--if you go to a matinee showing, expect to hear at least four little future prima donnas around you singing along with the "Once Upon A Dream" segment.) The score is simply so relaxing and lucid that it's practically therapeutic. Don't consider yawning to be an insult--rather, consider it a compliment to the music's charming tranquillity. You'll feel a lot less guilty when it happens...
...Adding insult to injury, Ferrucci scored again less than a minute later, and from then on it was bye-bye Big Red, hello NCAAs...
Politicians realize that confronting an insult head-on starts voters thinking. At least, politicians should realize that if they were around in the Watergate era, when Richard Nixon made the mistake of saying, "I am not a crook...