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...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 »

Tuesday’s assassination of Rehavam “Gandhi” Ze’evi, the minister of tourism in the Israeli parliament, by Palestinian gunmen might prompt an ambivalent response from those who care deeply about the violence in the Middle East. Over the past year, Israel has operated a policy of locating Palestinian leaders whom they have linked with terrorist activity within Israel and killing them with surgical missile strikes on their homes and cars. Dozens of Palestinian leaders, as well as some bystanders, have been killed in such strikes...

Author: By Liora RUSSMAN Halperin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Two Kinds of Assassinations | 10/19/2001 | See Source »

...Each of their stories helped make the situation more real. The reports often brought tears to my eyes but bolstered my confidence that there is so much that is generous and heroic in our fellow human beings when a challenge arises. May the deaths of 6,500 people prompt us all to work toward a more peaceful world. WILLIAM A. GROSS Albuquerque...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 15, 2001 | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

...Necessity will prompt the U.S. to seek the collaboration of the governments of Muslim countries. This is understandable. But they do not hold all the answers to terrorism. The growth of democracy, political participation and civil society is the final answer. By softening its endorsement of the struggle for democracy and the protection of human rights, the U.S. will inadvertently strengthen dictatorial regimes, thus replicating past associations with Marcos, Suharto and the Shah of Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Hijacked Islam? | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

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