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...Ejercitos”—refers to all three “sides” of the conflict that blights rural Colombia: the military, the paramilitaries, and the guerrillas. In the violence that comes to engulf San José, it is impossible—and, perhaps, pointless??to distinguish between them. Ismael remembers the recent attack on the local church, “by whichever army it was, whether the paramilitaries or guerrillas.” The combatants are “slow silent figures, which emerge blurry from the last horizon of the corners...

Author: By Grace E. Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Violence Penetrates Society, the Psyche in ‘Armies’ | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...also says it would be “pointless?? at this time to try to increase the size of its graduate population, since there are simply not enough spots in academia for Celtic specialists. Though the department currently is “very successful in placing [students] in Scotland, Ireland and Wales,” if more were to be added to the pipeline, there would be no way to guarantee them positions after graduation. “There are not that many places for our Ph.D.s to go,” he says...

Author: By Margaretta E. Homsey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Celtic Scholars Find Home at Harvard | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

...Meyer told The Crimson that all allegations regarding the Harvard-Harken relationship “are either absolutely false or pointless??—a statement backed up in interviews with other people involved in HMC’s investment in Harken...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Investors Call Harken Deal Clean | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

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