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...Bush's plain talk is often bracing. His challenge to the U.N. over Iraq's intransigence is a good thing; it is what Bill Clinton should have done when Saddam Hussein thwarted inspections in 1998. And in the short run, Bush will have his way - in Iraq, certainly; rolling up al-Qaeda, probably; perhaps with Turkey and at the Security Council as well. But he has been extremely careless in the process, and there are bound to be consequences. The consequences in postwar Iraq are unknowable. The consequences in North Korea - the production and sale of plutonium, or a military...
More than any other aspect, the featured artwork was connected to the show’s title by its provocativeness. The vibrant color photographs of Thenjiwe Nkosi ’04 was a case in point. “Just plain African Americans” was the most interesting image in Nkosi’s series, which was shot at various black hair salons and barbershops...
Nkosi’s decision to call this photograph “Just plain African Americans” is interesting, given that the only figures depicted are a lone black woman and a white television personality. Is Judge Judy somehow “African American”? Are the “plain African Americans” the non-existent inhabitants of the deserted chairs? Is the woman with the magazine somehow supposed to represent her entire race? Like the title of the exhibit, much of this piece’s power is in its ambiguity and the questions...
Fried dishes are marvelous too. Red-lacquered quail, with legs no bigger than a pinky, were succulent dipped in lime juice and plain fried fish was of the utmost freshness, accompanied by a bracing salad of green mango...
...current petition drive being led by a host of campus women’s groups, is harassment, plain and simple. The past and present members of the Harvard Corporation in question—D. Ronald Daniel, James R. Houghton ’58 and Robert G. Stone Jr. ’45—have done nothing in their professional lives, so far as we can tell, that would indicte them as bigots. The Staff applauds the Association of Black Harvard Women for sending the right message to these individuals, but it is, in fact, absurd to ask anyone...