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Life in the Harvard Aquarium is secure and comfortable. The glass walls permit a view of the world out there, but still guard me from any external threat. I can look in all directions and speculate on anything. Inside the aquarium, I can make discoveries that lead to major storms outside while leaving intact the calm waters within...

Author: By Joaquim Ribeiro, | Title: Leaving the Aquarium | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

...would not allow a presidential aide to so slander the beliefs of Catholics or Jews," Bauer wrote in a letter to the president. "We would not permit racially insensitive remarks. It must be no different when the targets of bigotry are evangelical Christians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blumenthal Apologizes After Polemic Remark at IOP | 5/13/1998 | See Source »

...tolerate the triple threat of an Internet society: openness, transparency and democracy? Smarter, better-informed businessmen may be more competitive in the new global economy, but they are also, inevitably, better informed about life in the outside world--and the rights and freedoms that China doesn't yet permit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Gets Wired | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...multiple-poster plastering of the walls of Thayer Gate. Third, utilize the space on the walls of the Science Center (where science lectures are currently listed) for similar large-scale announcements. Fourth, allow announcements to be chalked up on the side boards of the Science Center lecture halls. Fifth, permit the use of temporary sidewalk chalk, thereby providing a low-cost and cleaner alternative to covering the pathways with posters. Sixth, install monitors to advertise events in major classroom buildings such as Sever and Harvard Halls, and in other prominent campus locations such as the vestibule of Currier House where...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pass the Masking Tape | 4/28/1998 | See Source »

...quarter-century of legislative and legal maneuvering. The 1963 Supreme Court decision and its broad-brush enforcement by school administrators infuriated conservative Christians, who gradually developed enough clout to force Congress to make a change. The resulting Equal Access Act of 1984 required any federally funded secondary school to permit religious meetings if the schools allowed other clubs not related to curriculum, such as public-service Key Clubs. The crucial rule was that the prayer clubs had to be voluntary, student-run and not convened during class time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spiriting Prayer Into School | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

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