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...only they were. The impassioned disputes that erupt at the mere mention of Osama bin Laden, the disturbingly jaded views of American motivations held by our supposed allies among the Afghans and the palpable danger of an arms dealer’s shed after dark are all powerfully unsettling. The inability to determine the loyalties of men standing on barren hillsides with rifles is eerily evocative of the American predicament in Vietnam. Watching the crew careen through Kabul amid real machine gun fire at least equals, and perhaps eclipses, the thrill of elaborately staged action...
...issue in the same way we now talk about the environment or taxation." He pushed hard, and successfully, to reform Labor's internal structure. He highlighted growing social alienation and suggested approaches to community-building. When Latham spouted Third Way ideas, Tanner dissed them as empty pragmatism: "It is mere cocktail politics; pour two nips of market forces, throw in a few platitudes, add a dash of socialism and stir vigorously...
...summer UNITY released a six-month study on diversity in the Washington press with the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. According to the census, less than ten percent of journalists in the Washington daily newspapers press corps are of color. It revealed a mere portion of a national trend of racial disparities among influential newspapers, one that The Harvard Crimson follows. Of the few hundred active editors that compose The Crimson’s nine boards, fewer than twenty are black or Hispanic. Asian students fare better, holding approximately forty positions as editors...
Over the last decade, Ibby has helped transform the life of this university. In our view, Ibby’s legacy lies beyond a mere list of accomplishments; it lies in her commitment to the flourishing of others.Ibby cares deeply about the success of her students and colleagues...
Amazingly, while The Crimson Staff extols the University and the City for cooperating to bring blue light phones to Cambridge Common, it completely fails to note that both parties were staunchly opposed to the phones a mere six months ago; that is, until the Undergraduate Council, which is not mentioned once, began lobbying for the phones. Between meeting with Mayor Sullivan, stubbornly pushing the issue in Safety Committee meetings, engaging the Boston Globe, and threatening to start a letter writing campaign with local neighbors—all of which was publicly done—this is a clear...