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...Viewed in this light, Faculty discontent over Summers’ leadership is perfectly justified. What surprises me is the widespread student discontent over his resignation. In talking to my students over the course of the last week, I have come to realize that they still have many questions??good ones—about the various forces that led to Summers’ resignation. Where faculty members see a tyrant dismissive of their work and opinions, students see a leader who seems genuinely interested in their lives. When professors recoil at the sight of Larry Summers signing dollar bills...
Previous “Big Questions?? have included “What does it mean to make the most of our time at Harvard?” and “How do we reconcile our moral consciences with our shopping carts?” and have included speakers ranging from former lecturer on History and Literature Tim McCarthy ’93 to the group of visiting students from Tulane...
...authority is exclusive, or that his conduct is not subject to statutory regulations,” the professors wrote, citing the Supreme Court invalidation of President Truman’s seizure of steel mills as an example. The professors also asserted that domestic spying “raises serious questions?? under the Fourth Amendment, concluding that FISA “merely imposes reasonable regulation to protect legitimate privacy rights,” and that the president is required to follow the restrictions laid out in the FISA statute. In addition to sending the letter to the leaders...
...known by the equivocator and marks the essay as an extension of the point rather than a complete irrelevance. The artful equivocation must imply the writer knows the right answer, but it must never be definite enough to eliminate any possibilities.There is a third method of dealing with examination questions??that is by the use of overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it was pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter...
...national leader in that category and second in save percentage.Maybe this time around things will be different. Maybe offense will dictate the cream of the crop, while goaltending will play its usual role as part of the defensive anchor of a team.Right now there are too many questions??and that’s why they play the game.With the added mystery, there is just one more important question that immediately comes to mind.Why not Harvard this time around?—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached at gmvelez@fas.harvard.edu...