Word: latters
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...given field who resists new modes of working in or thinking about that field. Harvard does boast a number of senior Faculty who continue to be vital and innovative in their teaching and scholarship. Nevertheless, its anomalous and increasingly laughable tenuring procedures also make it a haven for the latter type of scholar described above, a critical mass of whom generally thwart the appointment of the former type. Until this situation changes--a prospect about which I remain highly doubtful--any talented younger scholar with a viable alternative would be well advised to decline a junior Faculty appointment at Harvard...
Amistadhas been inducted by the media into that special cache of films selected for bigger and better things, joining the ranks of another Spielberg film, Schindler's List. The latter was effectively used for a higher purpose, serving as a historical record and as a means injecting emotional resonance into an era taught in textbooks. Amistadmight justifiably be used similarly, although in many ways it is ill-suited for that role. The story of a small group of heroic mutineers absolved by a legal technicality is ineffective as a vehicle to explore the terrible reality of slavery...
Shelton vigorously defended the latter policy; the U.S. and China were conspicuous hold-outs from a 50 nation treaty signed recently which banned all types of land mines...
...committee would retaliate by holding up some judicial appointments," she says ? but as the GOP remembers all too well, shut-down politics is a dangerous game. "Who does that hurt more?" asks Shannon. "The side that provoked it, or the side that causes the gridlock? It's generally the latter...
...pants and Jacques Cousteau-type knit hats--and adopt the same earnest tone of voice, Orson's mistake is actually credible. Sebastian and Viola are equally unaware that they are both working for Orson: each presumes the other dead. "Charlie" acts as romantic go-between for Orson, carrying the latter's love-letters to the seductive, sequin-clad club owner Olivia (Vered Metson '01). Complications arise as Olivia and Orson both fall in love with "Charlie," Sebastian falls in love with Olivia and Viola falls in love with Orson. This being a comedy, however, each character gets the desired...