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Last fall, campus publications fell over themselves to praise the Libertarian Party candidate for president Harry Brown as "a breath of fresh air." In philosophy-for-the-masses courses, On Liberty, the manifesto of libertarianism, consistently tops the list of favorite student readings. In all areas, Harvard students find it preposterous to adhere to anything other than their own unfettered will. Imagine, the audacity of such a notion that the community should subject us to any laws surpassing the "no-harm principle...
When Appelbaum was questioned by Grace K.L. Katabaruki '99 about the his cynicism, he rolled his eyes. But Katabaruki had something good to propose. Appelbaum would have none of it, and offered only a laissez-faire manifesto in response to her very human pleading for a "safe space" for minorities on this campus. Katabaruki recognizes daily in her personal experience the undeniable role of each of our races and cultures in the daily grind. And on this campus, that's not always such a pleasant experience for black people Katabaruki seeks space to relax those who share experiences similar...
...fared over the years. It was the first book ever to have a launch party at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. And no wonder. Squat, garishly silver and with photos that look more like they were taken for a home photo album than an architectural manifesto, it's designed to be dipped into, flicked through and maybe even used to prop open a door. In short, a visual delight...
Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) knows that. He is a hot agent for Sports Management International--quick, glib and not given to deep thoughts. Still, one night at a corporate retreat, he drafts a manifesto--"The Things We Think and Do Not Say: The Future of Our Business"--distributes it to his colleagues, receives a round of hypocritical applause and then gets fired. Thus is Jerry Maguire the film set in motion. Maguire leaves S.M.I. with one client, an undervalued wide receiver named Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), and an accountant named Dorothy Boyd (the gently winsome Renee Zellweger...
...student calling himself Bromobenzene Boy posted on the Chemistry 5 discussion group on Nov. 1 what he called "a manifesto" criticizing problem sets and the "superficial" nature of the class...