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Nevertheless, the restoration will only be a symbol. There seem to be dozens of issues on campus that need attention, not to mention financial support. I question the fundraising priorities of the University. We must remember that the heart of Harvard is not in the pomp of its buildings, but rather in the vibrant campus community that inhabits its hallowed halls. Thus, if we are to truly celebrate the success of our University's fundraising campaign, the best possible investments would be made in the spirit of improving life for the students, the faculty, and the staff. A student union...
Friday was graduation day, full of pomp and circumstance. The Senators voted to acquit the President, and he gave his 82-second commencement address. The daffodils didn't know enough to stay under the mulch, the little white flags fluttered on the South Lawn putting green, aides stood in the sunshine listening to him apologize and reconcile one more time. And of course it was the postscript that sealed the day, after he turned to leave and heard the heavenly question transmitted by Sam Donaldson. "In your heart, sir, can you forgive and forget...
...victim teach him something about life. It does not occur to director Martin Brest and the raft of screenwriters employed on this enterprise that this is an illogical request. Who would know more about life than the figure who confronts us in our final moments, when all pride, all pomp, all defenses are stripped away...
...think the pomp and circumstance about the 25years of women at Harvard has been a tremendouscover-up for what Harvard doesn't do for women,"Bagneris told The Crimson in June. "They'vecelebrated not hiring and tenuring women, activelyignoring on-campus rape and undervaluing andunderpaying women such as the secretaries anddining hall workers that really make Harvardwork...
...have refused to open the door for themselves even when greatly inconvenienced by their abstinence. When my colleague was indisposed on one winter morning, an impatient tenant knocked on the door with his umbrella, beckoning him to open the door. Evidently, enduring snow and sleet was preferable to eschewing pomp and circumstance...