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Even though the book’s immediate subject-matter, large-scale naval warfare, appears to be obsolete now, “Sea of Thunder” remains relevant to modern-day conflict. Twelve kamikaze pilots dive-bombed American ships during that battle—perhaps the first incident of Japanese suicide tactics in the war. Another 3,900 self-destructing flyers would follow suit within a year...
...says. Kopko’s “judgment day” is Jan. 17, the day he hopes to receive a thick envelope from Harvard Business School. If it comes his way, Kopko plans to attend HBS next year and to continue to run DormAid. But no matter what, Kopko says his long-term goal is to keep doing what he enjoys most: building “wonderful businesses with people I love.” Donald Trump, take note...
...There are only so many ways to slice the salami,” History Department Chair Andrew D. Gordon ’74 said in a phone interview after yesterday’s meeting. “There’s disciplinary approaches and there’s subject matter. Any curriculum is going to have to be some combination of those.” At this point, the biggest difference between the Core and its proposed reincarnation—which needs to pass through further discussion and a full Faculty vote to be put in place—isn?...
Ultimately, it shouldn’t really matter to anyone who is celebrating Christmas or why. The way and the reason that an individual and his or her family decides to observe the holiday season is something personal that does not affect anyone but themselves. For non-Christians, the secular celebration of Christmas is not a malicious attempt to dismantle the foundations of Western Christianity. Rather, it is an important expression of their American culture, centered around love for family and friends, spreading good cheer, and the spirit of giving, which some might even say are Christian ideals...
...When 50 becomes the new 20, and 90 the typical retirement age, will we be collectively wiser, not repeat our mistakes? Will movies be better because 18-to-30-year-old males will matter less? Will all our driving habits, love lives, sense of humor, our art and soul, be changed because the fear of death is defused, our sense of mortality vague and distant? Will be it harder to treat each day as a gift if we think we'll get so many of them...