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Halberstam, who was well known for his defiance of the military’s sanguine reports on the intervention in Vietnam in the 1960s, says that the role of the journalist was beginning to require a more investigative intellect in the post-war period, as the U.S. grew to assume a more prominent role in international affairs...
...willing to learn from HarvardI mean this in the broadest possible sense. Take courses that will challenge your intellect and your conceptions of the world. Participate in discussions that force you to defend how you think, and never be afraid to change your mind. Most importantly, understand that Harvard draws from two different pools of peoplethose who want to be the status quo and those who want to change it. Far too often, those who come to Harvard to change the world have their idealism and creativity sapped by what they feel to be a suffocating atmosphere. Instead of thinking...
...requires the right personality and a myriad of skills. As one of John Paul's closest confidants, the new Pope knows best where to begin his pontificate, presumably without departing significantly from his predecessor's agenda. Benedict may well fool his critics by becoming more than the intellect-driven, dogmatically conservative transitional figure they expect him to be. My first impression of his papacy is that it is promising. Daniel Breitenmoser St. Gallen, Switzerland Praise God for a conservative Pope. The world does not need a Pope who would bend to its questionable secular values. What is necessary...
...requires the right personality and a myriad of skills. As one of John Paul's closest confidants, the new Pope knows best where to begin his pontificate, presumably without departing significantly from his predecessor's agenda. Benedict might well fool his critics by becoming more than the intellect-driven, dogmatically conservative transitional figure they expect him to be. My first impression of his papacy is that it is promising...
...because he is “really, really, ridiculously good-looking,” like Derek Zoolander? Are you looking for extra help on your problem sets, access to a larger bedroom, and a leg-up on graduate school applications? Are you enamored with his intellect? Or do you think this is just about the mystery...