Word: moderns
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Until historically constructed and socio-economically damaging distinctions can be fully recognized and remedied, a blind faith in the noble "modern liberal tradition" will continue to do as much damage to minority rights and to the search for academic truth as it will contribute to the building of a better society. DAVID EDELI '99 March...
...Until historically constructed and socio-economically damaging distinctions can be fully recognized and remedied, a blind faith in the noble "modern liberal tradition" will continue to do as much damage to minority rights and to the search for academic truth as it will contribute to the building of a better society...
...oldest expositions of a philosophy akin to our modern glorification of love can be found in Plato's Symposium. We might be surprised to find the ideal associated exclusively with homosexual relationship. Most of the men who participated in these relationships were married and had children (or would later marry and have children), yet they regarded their marital life as completely removed from any romantic ideals and geared exclusively towards reproduction. In the entire Symposium, the only mention of heterosexual intercourse is in the context of adultery. The adulterous man was understood to be acting out of love...
...have been an endless series of such attempts in recent years -- the mission serves to highlight how ballooning has both foreshadowed the future and come full circle. Ballooning began as a sport for daredevils with the first crossing of the English Channel in 1785, became the forerunner of a modern air force when it was used as aerial spying tool for the French in 1794, heralded the coming of passenger air service with the subsequent development of blimps, and introduced mankind to space exploration with high-altitude scientific balloons. Now in the 20th century, ballooning is back in vogue...
Parents with big purses may want to stay--or dine at least once--at the Plaza, well known to the younger set as the residence of Kay Thompson's mischievous Eloise, whose portrait (by Eloise illustrator Hilary Knight) overlooks the hotel's Palm Court. There, modern-day urchins can order kid-friendly delectables like Home Alone Sundaes and s'mores...