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Benjamin W. Hulse '99 and Noah Z. Seton '00 also ran for the position of chair. Last spring the Faculty voted changes in the Core, but Hulse said he believed those changes were insufficient. In addition, he said that Adair's proposed task forces might weaken the power of the committee chair...
Then one day, while riding his bicycle to the hospital, Chandra ran over a nail, and his tire went flat. He wheeled his bicycle to a roadside stall, where the repairman was busy retreading a truck tire with vulcanized rubber. Once his bicycle was fixed, Chandra raced to the hospital and consulted with Sethi. Soon Chandra returned to the tire shop with an amputee patient and a foot cast. He asked the repairman if he could cast a rubber foot. "He agreed,'' Sethi says, "and refused to accept any money once he found out why we were doing...
Within the past few years, The Crimson ran at least one article discussing the proposed legislation, which would mandate that all first-years own a computer...
...paper had time to get in only a relatively brief story and a photo. The headline, moreover, was a discreet single line across three columns (DIANA KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN PARIS), a far cry from the banners that ran in most other big-city newspapers. Granted more time, would the Times have given the story bigger play? Lelyveld, a pale, reserved man who seems to personify the good, gray image of the Times, flashes a half-smile. "Actually," he says, "I might have given it less...
...institution is not as intimidating as it once was. The Times' most important editor of modern times, A.M. Rosenthal, ran the paper from 1969 to 1986 and did much to strip the place of cobwebs, break down its seniority system and open the way to more stylish writing. In later years, however, his reign became autocratic and oppressive--creating a now legendary "climate of fear" that the newspaper is still trying to shake off. Rosenthal's successor as executive editor, Max Frankel, tried diligently to lighten the mood and loosen up the front page, with more life-style and culture...