Word: lucked
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...about what is valuable about diversity, if it's valuable at all. It's just a fact. So we merely have to learn to cope with reality. If we can learn to like pluralism or celebrate it, so much the better. If some people don't like it, tough luck. The second drawback is that the pragamatic argument for toleration is supremely intolerant in its own way. It says that nothing is more important than being able to agree, get along, and cope. Principle, religious conviction, and conscience should all be discarded if they lead to futile and irresolvable dilemmas...
Even graduates of top schools have found the job market unwelcoming. After receiving a 1992 bachelor's degree in history from Williams College in Massachusetts, Randolph Scully spent a year scouring the Washington area, "hoping to do something remotely related to what I was interested in." No luck. After a frustrating year in a succession of temporary paralegal positions, Scully has returned to school to study for a Ph.D. in history. "Your education prepares you to expect certain things when you leave," he recalls with a touch of bitterness, "and then you go out there and find...
...Game itself is set to start at 1 p.m. tomorrow in the capacious Yale Bowl, located in the leafy suburb of Westwood. Despite the traditional hype, however, this year's contest features two hard-luck squads battling it out for bragging rights to second-to-last place in the Ivies...
...Good luck all you turkeys...
Loews Harvard Square. 10 Church St., Cambridge. 864-4580. On Thursday, Nov. 18. "The Joy Luck Club" at 12:10, 4:05, 6:45 and 10. "The Age of Innocence" at 1, 4:20, 7:15 and 10:15. "Remains of the Day" at 12:30, 3:50, 7, 9:45 and 12:15. "Farewell my Concubine" at 11:50, 3, 6:05 and 9:10. "The Nightmare Before Christmas" at 11:30, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30. "Rocky Horror" at 12:35 a.m. on Friday and Saturday...