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...kill one another tend to be people who are like one another," he said. But he was intrigued to hear that the Houston police had noticed such a cultural difference. In that difference, he said, is hope. "Maybe there's a lesson here for how the New Orleans system ought to start shaping...
...good deal better than originally forecast.”Nancy L. Maull, the executive dean of the Faculty, took a more sobering view in an interview last week. She said she was “not panicked” about fundraising but that “we ought to take a more conservative assumption just on the theory that we might raise less money than we planned to raise.”“You do worry, whenever you have a major transition in a president or a dean, that you’ll lose momentum...
...Vlaams Belang immediately condemned the murders, demanding "the heaviest possible punishment for the murderer" and declaring that "such disturbed criminals ought to have no place in our community." But other politicians and commentators were quick to connect the murders to VB's xenophobic policies. "These horrible and cowardly crimes are a form of extreme racism," said Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt. "No one can ignore what the far right can lead to." Whether such charges will erode the VB's appeal, or give it a new underdog allure, is still not clear...
...grander city. They're better at making things akin to Creole gumbo and Cajun jambalaya--which involve a variety of ingredients and spices that are blended slowly. You start by making a roux, the mix of hot oil and flour that can hold the tastes together, a process that ought not be rushed...
...make it anonymously contemporary. Allston must be imaginative and dramatic, iconic of a new era for America’s oldest university. It needs landmarks, an instantly recognizable style: a Memorial Hall or a Widener Library for a new age. In searching for this new signature, the University ought not look at MIT or Stanford or at the latest design that—like the Science Center style of the 70s—will be dated before the paint is dry. It should look into itself to build the Harvard of tomorrow...