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...down at a new restaurant, you might be better off abandoning the menu and instead asking a fellow diner, "What's good here?" Or you might even consider asking friends, family or the village elders whether your partner is marriage material or not. "Most Westeners would reject the notion outright that someone else would pick your marital partner more accurately than you can. It's not clear to me that's true," Gilbert says, conceding that in the case of marriage, the only person who could really help you predict the suitability of a life partner is someone...
True equality demands treatment as an ordinary member of society, yet the entire purpose of Women’s Week is to promote women as a special interest group. The very notion of a certain status or identity that unites all Harvard women emphasizes gender division, while women who largely define themselves according to their gender detract from the notion of equal status. Far from erasing gender barriers, the Women’s Week principle of targeting women as a separate and distinct group merely propagates gender inequality...
Shenanigans? Housing Day Eve? FlyBy was intrigued. From whence did this the ritualistic traditions of “River Run” stem? “The notion of appealing to the gods for special attention to their [freshmen’s] wishes has really surfaced in the last couple years,” said Dingman. But, of course, we wanted to know more. Who was the first Harvardian to supplicate himself before the river gods in hopes of avoiding the quad…and Dunster…and Mather…yes even Mather though this is sweet...
...rise of social media." What began as e-mail alerts and RSS feeds has since morphed into Facebook and Digg postings, and ever more creative tricks to harness the power of Google. And at least a few corporate owners are warming up to the notion of free content and copyright flexibility, as evidenced by the creation of hulu.com, a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal that offers free online video, no strings attached...
...court's important responsibility to reaffirm the unfettered freedom of all faiths to extend the nomenclature of marriage as their traditions allow," wrote Douglas W. Kmiec and Shelley Ross Saxer. Kmiec voted for Prop 8 because of his belief in the teachings of the Catholic Church and his notion of religious liberty but has since said he thinks the courts should not allow one group of Californians to marry while denying the privilege to others...