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...Lest one worry about the possibility of future acts of destruction, Interim President Claire Fagin and Interim Provost Marvin Lazerson stated, "We will respond vigorously to any future violations." In light of the "vigor" involved in the adjudication of this incident, I doubt that too many potential paperphobics are losing sleep over the threat...
...President a useful background outside Washington against which to set himself on a regular basis. Are there any more appealing images of Kennedy than those of him sailing, his hair tousled? At San Clemente, Nixon reminded the country that he was a poor boy who had made good and -- lest his native state forget it in the 1972 election -- that he was a Californian. Ronald Reagan -- code name "Rawhide" -- could not possibly have reinforced his image as a mythic cowboy any better than by riding at his "ranch." Bush used his powerboat, of course, to defuse accusations of wimpiness. Lacking...
...list of "safe countries" conveniently includes such eastern states as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Thus not only can Germany send unwanted arrivals back to those states, but the "safe" countries will now be much more careful about letting migrants cross their borders lest they be stuck with them. Hungary, for example, turned back 1.3 million people from farther east over the past year because Austria and Germany will not accept them. Austria, in turn, has tried to stop Bosnians from using it as a route into Germany. Measures adopted in Vienna this year make...
...choosing leaders is sufficient for democracy. In the 19th century, philosophers constantly argued and debated what the rights and ideals of democracy might be. John Stuart Mill, a passionate libertarian, was convinced that visions of freedom and happiness must be constantly discussed, altered and changed as societies change, lest they fall into "the deep slumber of a decided opinion." In our time, the British philosopher Isaiah Berlin has pointed out, "Men do not live < only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them...
Thus, time is a key factor, although money is certainly important too. And, of course, renovations must done skillfully and well, lest the dorms begin to fall apart in a few years...