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...night, the bands could get going again, with dancing all over campus and more rapid flow of the fine ale. The "Bring On the Summer" parties would kick in, with shorts the norm and Good Vibrations everywhere...
Most days Hartman is in the thick of it. Invariably dressed in a windbreaker and running shoes, he prowls the classrooms eager for combat. Heated debate is the norm at Hartman's place. Eavesdrop long enough and you will likely hear an eclectic collection of world-class brains clinch philosophical arguments by telling one another they're "full...
...doubt, Harvard is one of the best colleges in the nation. Its history and resources speak for themselves. But if one looks behind its ivy covered walls, one will see that the brick is crumbling. A fog of liberalism has descended upon Harvard, causing moral relativism to become the norm...
...history can be tricky. On the one hand, where exactly does history stop? Lithuania was independent for 20 years between 1920 and 1940, but for more than a hundred years before that it was part of the Russian empire. Which historical period is the norm? The Russian imperium? The brief interregnum of Lithuanian independence? Or the Soviet reality of the past 50 years...
...excursion was less startling in this city, which tends to write its own rules for its free-form public life. One rule is that a woman politician, perhaps better than a man, can attempt the new and different. For San Diego is where the new is the norm and woman power is a dominant force in the political game. Here the "smoke-filled rooms," such as they are, tend to be flamingo- colored restaurants overlooking the Pacific surf. And here the "machine," such as it is, rests in the hands of a key coterie of women, especially three elegant ladies...