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Sometimes events are unexpectedly successful. A panel discussion sponsored by the Harvard Book Store upon the release of the Houghton Mifflin American Heritage Dictionary was one such event. The panel, which consisted of Steven Pinker, Wendy Kaminer and Robert Pinsky, provided a very lively discussion about words, their meanings and their usage. In a previous reading, Mark Doty, a slight-looking poet who will finish the season for the Grolier Poetry Shop, transformed himself strikingly by throwing himself into the poem, but without the shouting or posturing that might spring to mind when one thinks of poetry readings...
...Kulkarni said that some South Asians, worried that their similar appearance might lead some of them to be mistaken for Muslims, have made a point of saying they are not Muslims—hoping that will protect them from retaliation. But the SAA plans to hold a joint panel discussion with HIS, emphsizing safety fears common to Muslims and non-Muslims...
...might think that the president of a major university would show some contrition after being slapped down by a panel of federal judges. But when an appeals court ruled last month that the University of Georgia had discriminated against white applicants in favor of blacks--and had systematically violated the 14th Amendment--UGA president Michael Adams calmly turned the other cheek. "Sometimes you are defined by the battles in which you engage," he said, "rather than by those...
...election should have been a slam dunk. Instead, he suffered an embarrassing defeat in Yokosuka, his family's parliamentary district. "His political base was fragile, because a lot of new people were moving into the urban areas," says Naoki Tanaka, an economist who now heads a Prime Ministerial advisory panel. "And at first, his speeches were not very good. He was very...
...Capitol Hill, a bipartisan congressional panel has drafted a resolution designed to "deter and prevent future terrorist attacks." Congress has also approved a $40 billion anti-terrorism relief package. Those funds will be used to increase security and to help families of firefighters, police officers and military personnel lost during the rescue efforts...