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...pitched his tent, at the Supreme Court petition office, a group of some 150 men milled around the entrance. They were not petitioners but officials from various provinces there to pick up any stragglers who had made it to the capital. Often, according to petitioners, the officials pretend to help the visitors, befriending them in a familiar dialect, before hauling them off to the railway station for a forced ride home. As for Li, chances are he was swept up in a similar fashion. He will probably be back before long. After all, he has traveled to Beijing 150 times...
...Love Explained Your report on love, sex and health was quite interesting [Jan. 19], if only for the clanging banalities emitted by sociologists and psychologists trying to pretend they are real scientists. But there is a fundamental point that needs emphasis: sex and love are two totally different things. Sex is essentially selfish. No matter how it is dressed up, it is really about scratching that biological itch, about satisfying an internal hunger. In contrast, love is essentially selfless. It is about giving to another to the point of pain and even death without thought of reward. Sex and love...
...expense paid trip to the Wendy’s at Central Square, which even included roundtrip T fare, was all that she wanted and more from her boyfriend Shlomo Yenklebaum ’04 for Valentine’s Day. Shlomo, for his part, couldn’t even pretend that the 18k gold, engraved Cartier cuff-links with onyx in-lay that Olson gave him were all he wanted for Valentine’s day. Says Shlomo, “What can I say? I’m a topaz person...
...Dunster—and throughout Harvard—requires a concerted and committed effort by tutors, student groups, the administration and all students. Bolstered by a strong in-House support system, BGLT students will hopefully never again feel trapped in the closet—forced to creep out silently, pretend as though they never came out in the first place or, worse yet, endure it alone. Particularly at an institution as liberal as Harvard, students ought to feel confident about asserting their sexuality—with or without the fanfare and balloons...
Peering over from behind our Apple IIE monitors, my fellow females and I are confused. Why are these cool boys pretending to jam themselves with big sticks? Should we laugh? Should we also pretend to jam ourselves with sticks? Until, from the girl who’s already out of her training bra, comes the whispered explanation...