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...They liberated me, I hope forever, from the unhappy role of lecturer. Since that day I have never given a lecture, unless what I am saying now turns into a lecture, which I am going to forestall by wringing its neck pretty promptly,” he told the newspaper...
Flush. Flush! My neck tenses, blood courses up through my cheeks. This room is small, the clock on the wall is so loud, the microwave’s beeping, why is it on? The CD stopped, ahhh let me see the last the last the last card...
...putative superiority rests on our nearly ubiquitous ranking as “the best”—such news comes as no surprise to me. And it’s not just because I’ve witnessed the all-too-frequent donning of V-neck sweaters and tight, pastel and hugely overpriced Lacostes. No—our now-documented fashion stagnancy reflects the Harvard erudition and vanity we’ve all come to accept...
...tribute honorees received a glass plaque and a kente cloth, which is a colorfully striped traditional African garment worn around the neck...
Perhaps this concern seems unwarrated. Harvard has so many opportunities to learn about so many different things—what difference, you may ask, should it make if some people don’t find other cultures very interesting? They’re probably neck-deep in some other equally engaging pursuit, some would argue, and they are hardly to blame if they aren’t actively interested...