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...would send the signal to students that the House community is important—that Lowell residents ought to be with other Lowellians once in a while, and that Winthrop can actually be for Winthropes, and not just a cappella groups...
...cannot save every life. But the ones we can, we must. It is--or it ought to be--unacceptable that an accident of longitude and latitude determines whether a child lives or dies. In America and in Europe we have dealt with polio, malaria and TB with the ruthless efficiency they deserve. Beyond our own borders, we have offered excuses instead of solutions. We need to stop this two-steps-forward, one-step-back tango that we have been dancing for years and start marching...
Isis, it’s true, made an error in inadequately protecting its archives, but it made an error no larger or more worthy of derision than errors we all make every day. We reply to all the recipients of an e-mail when we ought only reply to some, we accidentally reply to e-mails on which we were bcc’d, and even before there was e-mail we spoke about people behind their backs in places where their friends could have accidentally overheard...
...mind-altering substance. It’s not that people on both sides don’t have facts and theories at their disposal. But in the course of all the intellectual combat, I have a strange impression that the dialogue has moved farther and farther away from what ought to be its primary focus: the nature and implications of poverty and inequality in American society...
...surprising that Weil didn't mention the importance of continued mental exercise in ensuring healthy aging. In addition to physical exercise, our brains need stimulation. Crossword puzzles, word games and logic problems can help stretch our minds and keep our mental capacity limber. Weil ought to step out of the meditation labyrinth he was pictured in and try his hand at a crossword. JEAN FALLS Milton...