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...This mindset means that we care deeply about our product, and that when we make mistakes we take them seriously—we don’t just write them off as to-be-expected in an undergraduate paper. We investigate all potential errors thoroughly and promptly, and emphasize the importance of issuing corrections. We realize that what we write has staying power—it will be searchable in our online archives forever, and if we mess up or misquote someone our mistakes can get picked up and repeated by national and even international papers. Stories like the Harvard...
...strip joints and titty bars,” recalls fellow teammate Stewart K. Shofner ’77. “By the end of the night, the Harvard football team had taken over the stage—stripping off their clothes, dancing with the girls. In our mindset, we were taking over that part of the city. Testosterone-driven, fueled by alcohol—we were confident...
...religious or social conservatives, such as myself, the overriding economic mindset of some of our conservative brethren seems out of place or even selfish. Someone once wrote something to the effect that “the free market is the least conservative institution on earth;” and they are absolutely right. In principle the idea of a free market is better than socialism, but completely untrammeled free-markets are immoral and cruel. The label of “libertarian” is unpopular because of some of the more outrageous members of that political grouping, but I would...
...response to the Smithsonian’s rejection, Reynolds wrote a letter accusing the museum of promoting a mindset that “only movements and institutions make a difference, not individuals...
...home have been been mostly about the movies - this is, after all, the Cannes Film Festival, not the International Whining Bee - but reading a few of the more "personal" American blogs convinces me that we may be taking the wrong tack. It's a challenge to get into their mindset, because we love Cannes - love what's different about a French festival, which has become familiar and endearing to us after 32 annual visits. But here is the impression I get, of the innocent, or ugly, American journalist abroad...