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...good intentions. We do not intend to bomb civilians, but we do it. We do not intend to starve millions of people, but we do it. We do not intend to make war on Muslims, but we do it. One hopes the recent successes of the Northern Alliance will prompt Washington to stop trampling on a country that has already been trampled on by 25 years of warfare. Otherwise, we will be the most benevolent perpetrators of genocide history has ever known...

Author: By Nader R. Hasan, | Title: Paved With Good Intentions | 11/14/2001 | See Source »

Like his boss-to-be, Lawrence H. Summers, Hyman, currently the director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), won't be a familiar face in Harvard Yard when he arrives. But interfaculty initiatives, the hallmark of the provost's office under Hyman's predecessors, were designed to prompt academic collaboration between the University's disparate parts, and MBB—arguably the crown jewel of those programs—has his fingerprints all over...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Default Headline | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

...Summers, Hyman, currently the director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), won’t be a familiar face in Harvard Yard when he arrives. But interfaculty initiatives, the hallmark of the provost’s office under Hyman’s predecessors, were designed to prompt academic collaboration between the University’s disparate parts, and MBB—arguably the crown jewel of those programs—has his fingerprints all over...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summers' Provost Brings Broad Vision | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

...said he hoped the resolutions would prompt other departments to follow the lead of the history department...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: History Backs Study Abroad | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

When you type “fortune” at the fas% prompt, the UNIX fortune program will randomly retrieve a short, funny quote or longer historical or philosophical message from a large database. This database already exists in the basic program, but can be personally supplemented. Currently originating from the program NetBSD Fortune 1.4, epigrams are divided into categories that can be drawn upon. Typing “man fortune” reveals the array of fortune possibilities. For example, the command “fortune -l” specifies a long fortune...

Author: By D. B. Doroshow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Explained | 10/25/2001 | See Source »

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