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Most communities pride themselves on well-lit streets and efficient public transportation, but Cantabrigians say Harvard has taken civic improvements...
Diversity seats have less to do with ensuring that all voices are heard than with assuring that the political deck is stacked to favor the leftist majority. To the liberals, diversity deals with the existence of certain visceral qualities and has little to do with individual character. Amherst should pride itself on being a marketplace of ideas—an academy in the classic sense that fosters diversity of thought—not merely a colorful microcosm that highlights different shades of black...
Fernandez closed her speech with afinal piece of advice: “Although serving on this council is not glamorous, it is absolutely fulfilling, so serve with integrity and pride...
...space race. With $60 million funding from public and private sources, Pillinger, 59, and his team of hundreds of scientists, engineers and programmers have managed to plan, produce and finance a 34-kg suitcase-sized probe virtually from scratch. There is more than a hint of national pride in his pitch. "We Europeans should not have our noses pressed against the window," says Pillinger, the author of over 260 astronomy papers and keeper of 21 superannuated dairy cows on his Cambridgeshire farm. "Our public deserves a show, like the American public has enjoyed for the past three decades." It seems...
...family hailed from Bombay's tiny Zoroastrian community, and he grew up in Britain with a sense of cultural alienation similar to that of his character. "I spent my youth wondering who I was, just as Saleem does," Varla says. "Many people feel that." Rushdie admits to pride at seeing how much his book means to the mostly young cast - and relief at being able to focus on literature instead of fatwa. "It's very rewarding to see their commitment," he enthuses. "It's nice to be a writer talking about writing instead of that other shit!" He approves...