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Bailey, born in Quincy, Mass., spent his entire life devoted to Harvard. Professor of Economics John Kenneth Galbraith praised Bailey as a "great pillar of the Harvard community...
Still, the idea of whiteness studies strikes a dissonant chord with many people, in part because of their uncertainty of the field's area or scope. But Professor of Afro-American Studies Cornel West '74, a pillar of the Afro-American studies department at Harvard, told me that "like any other area, [in whiteness studies] there's some high quality and some low quality and the high quality stuff is very important because...it forces people to think not just about whiteness in the abstract, but to really wrestle with white skin privilege in America. It's part of what...
...press has derided this year's race for mayor of New York City as boring and meaningless. But in tiny, sad moments like those at the subway stop, one can see how remarkable an election it really is. Five years ago, Messinger was a pillar of the earnest liberal establishment that ran New York. Last Monday, at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 34th Street, she was a figure of deep marginality...
...wasn't supposed to be this way. Since she was elected Governor four years ago, Whitman has become a pillar of moderate Republicanism, the first woman to deliver a State of the Union response and a frequently mentioned candidate for Vice President. Her state is flying high, with unemployment at a seven-year low and welfare rolls cut 31%. And she is good on the stump: parents constantly push squirming children into her arms and whip out Instamatics to record the moment for posterity. But despite it all, Whitman's bid for re-election is fast shaping...
...reported hearing the squeal of brakes behind him as he drove west through the tunnel at a moderate pace. In his rearview mirror he saw a black Mercedes skidding toward him at high speed. He accelerated to avoid a rear-end collision and saw the Mercedes hit the central pillar, then spin into the opposite wall. According to this witness, whose car showed no accident damage, there was no other vehicle between him and the Mercedes...