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...warm night during the spring reading period of 1954, Donald P. Hodel ’57—a freshman living in Wigglesworth E-11—received a welcome distraction that became a valuable lesson...
...street. The ripple effect can change the strategic picture of an entire region dramatically. "The complexity of what we're doing is so much greater," Gové said. The key choice is often when to "not act - which is the hardest thing for a Marine to do." One cultural lesson the Marines have learned is that what appears to American eyes to be corruption - bribes paid, money skimmed off the top of construction projects - is simply standard operating procedure in an area dominated by family connections and tribal networks. "People get it wrapped around the axle because these guys aren...
Before one attacks Counter and the Harvard Foundation, and attempts to give us a lesson on South African apartheid (did Caldwell take a course in South African history like some of us have, or did she simply visit wikipedia and feel it was time to drop some knowledge?), I ask that she review her history, not only of racism on this campus and throughout the world, but on the contributions of S. Allen Counter—hopefully then, she and all of us will realize why this article, despite its efforts to engage the racial issue on campus, was completely...
...easy predicting a reality TV show winner using search term data. It's more art than science. I learned that hard lesson during the second season of Dancing with The Stars. Based on an overwhelming number of searches for female wrestler Stacy Keibler (she had over 10 times that of the other finalists), I declared her the winner 24 hours before the show's finale. I couldn't have been further...
Most of what I’ve learned at Harvard this spring will have dulled in my mind come fall, but there is one lesson I’m certain will not: The political correctness wars are alive and well here, and there is little sign of letting up. More unfortunate still: The side of intellectual honesty appears to be losing...