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...appealing to human weaknesses. The habit of viewing it does not encourage reflection or contemplation. The eye is trained to crave novelty, while the brain rests or slumbers. Political debate, which during my last visit seemed a passion and a recreation among Americans, has shrunk to brief bursts of pleasant images. And television's ascent has coincided with a measurable decline in the ability of young people to read. Democracy cannot function without an informed citizenry. The paradox of television in forwarding such a goal seems clear: barring extraordinary circumstances, it can best summon the attention of most...
Professor of Government Hugh Heclo said he will make the move to the suburban, northern Virginia school in order to raise his family in what he called a more pleasant, rural environment...
...housing did provide certain benefits. "We had the opportunity to be grubby, dirty and quiet at home without anyone knowing. It was a great relief to hide out and not bother for a while," says Sara McGuire Muspratt '61, while Peggy Gilkerson Heywood '61 adds that dorms were "very pleasant, small-scale homelike places...
...used to joke about gracious living, but it was quite pleasant to sit down and have a good meal," says Heywood, now a psychiatric social worker. "Harvard had those wonderful dining halls which looked elegant, but it was very uncivilized...
...some people you have just met and begin a seemingly innocuous conversation about the state of the world. Pretty soon you learn not only that your tablemates hold views wildly different from your own, but also that they are offended and outraged by your opinions. In five minutes, a pleasant meal has deteriorated into a full-blown war of words...