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Before he left, we lauded West as “a respected scholar and a mentor to many undergraduates” and asked him to stay. But after the manner in which he departed, the University is better off without him. West’s recent behavior is destined to tarnish his otherwise commendable legacy at Harvard...
West never even officially contacted the Black Students Association (BSA) after the group spent countless hours collecting over a thousand signatures asking him to stay at Harvard. Such thoughtlessness is insulting on its own, but, moreover, the manner of his departure puts the BSA in an impossible position, having to reconcile their support for West and the need to avoid utterly alienating the Administration...
Pahlavi's reputation would be sullied if he shared the Shah's famously imperious manner and tastes. (At a 1971 celebration of 2,500 years of the Persian Empire, an entire ton of Iranian caviar was consumed.) So far, the Crown Prince has avoided being tainted with the family reputation. He drives a Jeep, wears a black plastic watch and says he plans to give up caviar. He can come across as a sort of Al Gore--earnest, consciously cerebral, techie. If the prospect of an Iranian Gore sounds grim, consider the alternatives--either before 1979 or after...
...manner was cold, but the message was clear--and devastating. "Those women who are at the top of their game could have had it all, children and career, if they wanted it," suggests Pamela Madsen, executive director of the American Infertility Association (A.I.A.). "The problem was, nobody told them the truth about their bodies." And the truth is that even the very best fertility experts have found that the hands of the clock will not be moved. Baby specialists can do a lot to help a 29-year-old whose tubes are blocked or a 32-year-old whose husband...
Describing a loud and contentious meeting about the Sackler-Fogg bridge proposal in his typical understated manner, Pitkin says the issue “stirred people...