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...that the government issue a formal acknowledgement and apology for its wrongdoings against minorities. Campillo’s proposal met with opposition from Anjelica M. Kelly ’09, president of the Association of Black Harvard Women. “The problems will continue to be perpetuated no matter how many times the U.S. government says ‘we’re sorry,’” she said. Jin-Ji Kim ’10, another audience member, disagreed. “People underestimate the symbolic aspect [of an apology]. You might say it?...
...Inevitably, some people get hurt when you make decisions. No matter how well you make them, some people are going to be hurt. They would have to be saints to think you were always right and they were wrong,” Rudenstine said...
...Rubies,” the group’s critically lauded 2006 release, is one of the finest rock albums of the last five years. Each song was a painstakingly crafted wonder, sounding at once grandiose and sparse. Verses simply stuck; it didn’t matter if they were only mildly clever (“All good things must come to an end / The bad ones just go on forever”) or undeniably original (“Those who love Zeppelin will soon betray Floyd / I cast off these couplets in honor of the void?...
...views towards women as a theme for merriment and building male camaraderie” when the song’s lyrics talk simply about running train. Moreover, his writing isn’t always straightforward and can at times be disorienting. Reeves sometimes wanders in and out of subject matter; a paragraph that starts off talking about Run-D.M.C. as the voice of a generation ends up abruptly discarding the group and to discuss Jesse Jackson’s political ambitions. Reeves’s overall themes are tangentially related, but the connections aren’t made clear.Nevertheless...
...Dictators are rarely eased out gracefully, and Mugabe's departure now seems a matter of time. "It's the beginning of the end for Mugabe," said Aubrey Matshiqi of the Johannesburg-based Centre for Policy Studies. At a Harare press conference on Tuesday, Tsvangirai declared: "After Saturday, March 29, Zimbabwe will never be the same again. The votes cast on Saturday were for change and a new beginning." Mugabe's exit, whenever it comes, would cue the rebirth of a nation...