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...right choices that went into my four years here a fascinating class on American architecture, dozens of Crimsons escapades, sitting in a burnt orange Gran Torino in the middle of Mattapan at three in the morning drinking Budweiser beer out of bar bottles with two non-Harvard buddies from 'Milton. That last memory may not seem very educational, productive, or frankly, important. But it is mine. It is part of what I alone chose to do here-it is part of the "82" after my name that represents both the path I took and the challenges I now face.CrimsonTimothy...
...university must participate in society rather than withdrawing from it, a recognition of its changing and pervasive character as an institution. But it must adhere to the social contract by staying neutral when it is asked to address social problems by nonacademic means. Bok quotes a passage from Milton's Areopagitica to outline his own position on engagement: "'I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and seeks her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where the immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat...
Such a simplified income tax is not an entirely new concept. It has long been advocated by conservative thinkers such as Economist Milton Friedman, former Treasury Secretary William E. Simon and William F. Buckley Jr., editor of the National Review. What is new is that the flat tax is starting to gather strong bipartisan support. Its sponsors on Capitol Hill now include Congressman Leon Panetta, a liberal Democrat from California, as well as Republican Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina. The liberal Washington Post touted it in an editorial last month...
...Basin extends from Boston' Harbor to a ridge of volcanic rocks running from Milton north to Lynn and westward to Route 128. The discovery, which is formally announced in the May 7 issue of Science magazine, solves a "mystery plaguing us for over 100 years," said Elso S. Barghoorn. Fisher Professor of Natural History and another participant in the year-long research project...
...President is really only the latest in a long series of "outsider" aspirants for executive positions: Wendell Wilkie and Dwight D. Eisenhower both sought the top job with no civilian government experience on their resumes. George Romney (R-Mich.). Milton Schapp (D-Pa.), John Y. Brown (D-Ky.). Lester Maddox (D-Ga.). and most prominently Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY.) all led their states without having led a previous major political office...