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...youngest Owens sister, with passionate romance and allows eldest sister Alice the thoughtless affair that she craves. He even manages to help Lucy's brother David coax his stubborn girlfriend Laura into bed. Frances O'Connor's portrayal of Laura is a highpoint of the film. O'Connor (Bedazzled, Mansfield Park) recently won a Golden Globe for her performance in the television miniseries "Madame Bovary" and in Adam, she makes Laura at once intelligent and exciting. About Adam dares us to throw all of our presumptions about relationships and monogamy to the wind and embrace passion in any form...
...entire dispute is reminiscent of the mele that recently surrounded Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53 when he asserted that affirmative action at Harvard caused grade inflation. Many students found nothing racist in Mansfield's claims. The Black Students Association (BSA) did, and it launched visible protests. In doing this, the BSA was well within its rights...
...Constitution guarantees that it can take umbrage at whatever it wants to. But the BSA did not draw the line at criticizing Mansfield's statement. It demanded that Mansfield be censured, implying that Harvard should not respect his right to express his views...
...should be grateful for people like Horowitz and Mansfield. Their arguments don't always convince us, but they should remind us of how vigilant and valiant we all must be in defending the right of people everywhere to be controversial. We should try harder to remember the immortal words of Voltaire, who said, "I may not agree with a word you say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it." Only when these words characterize our moments of greatest disagreement will freedom of speech truly be secure...
...Economists tend to be squares," said Mansfield, "so we'll need to teach him a love of poetry and a love of sports...