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...that it must protect his freedom of speech and invite him to campus. Does the English department really need reminding that Paulin’s legal right to free speech does not in any way entail an obligation on Harvard’s part to provide him with a platform? University communities should be committed to freedom of speech, but also to the responsible and intelligent use thereof. Some speakers are presumably so egregiously offensive that common sense would dictate that they not be invited; evidently, those who deny Israel’s right to exist and call...
...less than at Amazon). You'll also find the Criterion Collection of films by Fellini, Hitchcock and others. For music, visit DUSTYGROOVE.COM, a site fanatically devoted to soul, funk and jazz with a big Brazilian selection too. Got gamers on your list? EBGAMES.COM neatly organizes its vast inventory by platform (PC, X box, Game Boy, GameCube, PlayStation2) and has hundreds of pre-owned games for older systems like Sega Genesis. For the traditionalist, AREYOUGAME.COM sells all the low-tech classics, including 43 versions of Monopoly. For MP3 players and other electronics, go to BUY.COM, an online-only mall that...
...staggering 60,000 people have passed through Sangatte over the past three years. Despite nightly news footage of people clambering aboard Channel Tunnel trains - and vigorous protests from the British - the French authorities pretended the problem didn't exist. But after winning power on a law-and-order platform, France's new right-wing government decided to act. In September, French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and his British counterpart David Blunkett agreed that the center at Sangatte would close for good by April 2003. Some 900 French police are now stationed around Calais to intercept migrants, while an additional...
...career rising to the top of the world's most populous country just to parrot Jiang's slogans. Eventually, he'll want to introduce his own ideas. "I think he's got two years," says an editor at a Party-run newspaper. "If he doesn't have a platform by then, he's lost his chance." The best Hu can hope for is that Jiang will surrender his position atop the military in March and his power will ebb slowly over the next few years. But it doesn't appear likely that Jiang will be sitting in his rocking chair...
...into PVC tubes strapped to bamboo poles, fuses are connected to a car battery to provide an ignition spark, and then?whoosh!?the rockets shoot up into the stratosphere. It's illegal, and very, very dangerous, but that doesn't deter the moonshine-lubricated spectators crouched near the launching platform from placing bets on whose rocket can stay aloft the longest...