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...argue that students could have stopped the massacre in its early stages had they been allowed to carry concealed weapons. While the fear and frustration that gives rise to such an attitude is understandable, the idea of promoting safety by allowing more people to have guns simply defies logic...
...writes of the woman she encounters: “she’d had five children / no she’d had six one died.” The line break marks a change in the direction of thought, whereas the extended space reflects a progression in the internal logic. Used to focus Paley’s speech, these formal elements carefully define a unique interior voice that stays consistent throughout the collection.One of the most striking aspects of the book is its willingness to be overtly political—a rarity for this style of poetry, which lends itself...
...inflatables makes his work more versatile. “The more chameleon art is, the more future it has because we change,” Koons says. In order for his art to survive, it has to be able to appeal to a large and evolving audience. Following this logic, if 10 years from now viewers deem over-sized balloon dogs or inflatable flowers passé, then Koons’ work will be essentially discarded. To protect his work from becoming dated, he tries to make every piece as objective as possible. He claims, somewhat counterintuitively, that he achieves this...
...from a coaching standpoint, I couldn’t be prouder of the way we performed.” The loss to the Tigers left Harvard in 15th place in USCHO.com’s PairWise Rankings (PWR), a system based on a formula that attempts to mimic the logic of the NCAA selection committee. With at least two of the 16 NCAA berths to be awarded to teams outside the PWR’s top 25, the Crimson was unlikely to receive an at-large bid and needed to win to get into the Tournament. Ironically, the absence...
Perhaps the temptation to declaim on such a grand stage is too much to resist. And because the Olympics have become a sort of debutante ball for nations entering the global lite, governments must ask whether mere attendance confers a stamp of approval on the host. The boycott logic is easy enough to follow...