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Who knows, as the modern Pascal might say, it may not work--but are we prepared to take the risk? I happen to believe that prayer on such occasions as this invites a sense of appropriate institutional modesty and places the occasion in the largest possible context: the mind of...
The occasion is the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro next June. For two years, international committees have been hashing out a declaration of principles for the so-called Earth Summit. The bureaucrats have also been negotiating an ecologically sound agenda for...
Once again, the Crimson's opponent rose to the occasion and got lucky.
Princeton rose to the occasion in the overtime periods, but Yadao (19 saves) made three acrobatic blocks in the waning minutes of the final overtime session.
The inclusion of this religious ceremony surprised me. Why, in a university as diverse as Harvard, was it still considered appropriate for the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals to inject a sectarian note into an occasion that was important to the entire Harvard community? The rationale could have been none...