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Sports, though a worthy pursuit, have never been at the core of an Ivy League education. While athletics can be a vital part of the Harvard undergraduate experience, they are no more intrinsically valuable than are the dozens of other extracurricular activities—from music to community service to journalism—in which Harvard students take part. Yet having quality athletic programs is rightly one of the University’s priorities, and in order to have these programs, Harvard must recruit athletes. Instead of drastically reducing the number of recruits, the athletic directors should realize that most...
...garage. "We gave warning to surrender," Hussain says. There was no response, so the cops broke down the door and rushed in. Zubaydah and three other Arabs grabbed money and fake Saudi passports and raced up the central staircase to the roof, with the police in hot pursuit. The al-Qaeda men were cornered...
Among Palestinians, it has become normal--noble, even--for promising men and women to slaughter themselves in pursuit of revenge and the dignity it is thought to bring. "What was once more of an individual decision by a small group is becoming much more mainstream," says Jerrold Post, an American psychiatrist who has studied suicide bombings in the West Bank. The suicide-homicides have come to be seen by most Palestinians as their last, best hope. In June a poll taken in the Gaza Strip found that 78% of the population approved of suicide bombings, considerably more than supported peace...
...type. So Oprah comes in third. But no lower, at least not in the opinion of publishers and booksellers, who binge every month on the demand for whatever title she features on her show. In a nation where reading serious fiction is always in danger of becoming a specialized pursuit, something like playing the dulcimer, Oprah's Book Club, with her 26 million U.S. viewers a week, has made reading nearly as popular as professional wrestling...
...attractive, dreaming and scheming, who spoke effortlessly in the sort of dialogue that would occur to us only after the door slammed in our face. Witty words for pretty people: that was the clever format. In the mouths of glamorous stars, romantic comedy gave a sly intelligence to the pursuit of love. It made the amorous heart beat smartly...