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...raped [date]” in black permanent marker had been followed by a second date in white-out.To the left of the two dates there had been a large paragraph on how rape is a crime that needs to be reported. By all means write here, it read, but report...
...many ways this seemed right. It would be terrible to anonymously obliterate the premeditated testimony (permanent marker) of someone who had so recently suffered such violation. Additionally, if such realities exist at Harvard, surely we need to face up to them. One could argue that erasing the graffiti would be sweeping a horrible crime under the rug, an inhumane effort to keep Harvard Yard green, grassy and shining for the public...
...venting against ecotourists who, "at an individual level, cannot be relied on to minimize the social and economic impact of their own vacationing." Duffy assails these novelty-seeking visitors for their "hedonistic pursuits" and, quite often, snobbery as they pretend to rough it. "[T]heir travel acts as a marker of social position, which separates them from conventional tourists," she fumes. "Their self-denial of the luxuries of conventional travel is motivated by a need to demonstrate to themselves that they can cope with the hardships that they do not have to face in their comfortable lives at home. They...
...growth for host nations averaged 3.3%. Low Blow For High Tech n Resourceful nerds and music lovers cracked Sony's much-vaunted - and more maligned - compact-disc copy protection. Users overrode the high-tech, anti-piracy CDs by coloring the discs' edges with a decidedly low-tech magic marker. Prodi Gets Direct n European Commission President Romano Prodi surprised friends and foes alike by calling for direct E.U. taxation. The proposal has already met resistance in France, Britain and Germany. Subcontinental Drift n Bombay's stock market tumbled to a year's low as India and Pakistan ramped up their...
...grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into his essay...