Word: legacyism
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Bill Clinton has always had a problem with time. There he was in April, standing in a grove of 3,000-year-old giant sequoias in central California, about to declare them a national monument as part of his green legacy. But the Secret Service told him he had only...
"[Being GSAS Dean] is both daunting and challenging, and very rewarding," he says. "There's no break with what's being done in the past and I feel very wonderful to be building on the wonderful legacy left by [former GSAS Dean] Christoph Wolff."
With last night's concession by Vice President Al Gore '69, the most tumultuous election of modern times finally came to an end. In an election that deeply divided the American people, Congress and the Supreme Court, Gore rightly fought to the end not only for his espoused campaign goals...
Towards the end of a conversation I had with another Harvard grad and former Marshall Scholar, he remarked, "You spend four years at Harvard and then the rest of your life clinging to it." He recounted the challenges of being caught between living up to the Harvard name and constantly...
Willis hopes to popularize the personal. In the U.S., she contends, Buddhism remains a religion of white elites. The few practicing African Americans tend to belong to Soka Gakkai International, a school of the religion that emphasizes simple chanting, usually for prosperity. Willis prefers a more rigorous dharma and is...