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PRINCE to release three albums in 2009, though he'll sue you if you try to listen to any of them...
Looking back on this year, I do believe that I became a better listener. Though it might be easier to keep track of quantifiable things like pounds lost or books read, I hope that Harvard’s student body will consider adopting a similar New Year’s resolution for 2009. Here, as anywhere, people tend to get caught up in their own beliefs and concerns, something even more problematic outside of the classroom than in. This resolution does not regard academics; I am not pushing that we all listen to our professors more. It is meant instead...
...While listening to people should be the most fundamental part of this resolution, it should also be about creating audio diversity. Those who listen to their iPod every second traveling to and from somewhere are missing out on precious sounds. The New England wind, for example, especially at this time of year, can create symphonies not available on iTunes. We rarely close our eyes to the bustling, vibrant city we inhabit, but seemingly all the time we close our ears to it. This year, resolve to be a better listener, to your friends and to your world. It won?...
Scarborough, Joe •claim of Bush administration's blamelessness in current Israel-Hamas strife by elicits strong rebuttal - "You know, you have such a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on that it's almost embarrassing to listen to you" - by co-host's father...
...have the bigger picture. But if enough of my kids and enough of my youth will go to volunteer, be it in Darfur or be it Rwanda, or be it in the squatter camps of South Africa, they will sharpen their sensitivities. And they will come back and say, listen, if we can do so much good out there, let's do something over here. And I see my own kids, when they come back from India and from Latin America, how changed they are as people. I see my son, after one and a half years in Latin American...