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...tree of liberty," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants every 20 years." Jefferson did not make the remarks because tyrants are born in batches. He made them because he thought it necessary that each generation renew its commitment to the values on which its society is based. And Jefferson knew the sacrifice that would entail...
...proceeds from the marathon, which chairman Jon D. Firester '87 expects to total around $15,000, will go towards funding five local community services: the Academy Homes Summer Youth Enrichment Programs, the Cambridge School Museum Program, the Earthen Vessels Afterschool Program, the Jefferson Park Drop-in and Writing Centers, the Mission Hill Afterschool Program and the Inner-City Outreach Program...
Instead of the marshes and rivers of Jefferson's day separating Washingtonians from their constituents we now have a six-lane macadamized beltway. And there are plenty of goings-on within that circle to keep politicians occupied. Granted Reagan's foreign policy apparatus deserves a lot of attention in the upcoming election, but let's not forget that there are plenty of non-Washington based issues out there that also should be the focus of the upcoming campaigns...
...THOMAS JEFFERSON suggested in the Declaration of Independence, all men are created with roughly the same amount of disgusting baby gook smeared all over their bodies. After that, it is generally acknowledged that equality is pretty much done...
MAGAZINE:Jennifer L. Mnookin '88 of Adams House are Palo Alto, California, Magazine Editor. Maia E. Harris '88 Adams House and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Magazine Editor Jefferson S. Chase '88 of Adams House and Crabapple Cove Maine, Associate Magazine Editor...