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...constant self-awareness. The Beat-Hipsters were certainly self-obsessed, but they bore an earnestness and sincerity that is impossible if one’s mental energy is overly devoted to fretting over anticipated acceptance of an ironic costume bobble. Life and public existence as a creative endeavor rather than the eventual outplay of internal development involves active consideration of one’s perception (we all do this), and the contribution of today’s Hipster is this to a new degree, an advanced, unrelenting stage...
Twain’s classic offers a medley of colorful characters, memorably presented by his irreverent narrator. Although Huck presents each new figure with a keen eye for the ridiculous, Huck himself is a shifting comedic persona rather than a genuine, grounded character. His personality and world view changes to fit each scene, allowing him to effectively satirize any given situation. Although Huck often seems implausibly ignorant of the world’s conventions, he at times possesses astounding insight into how society operates. The temptation of the comedian is to conveniently modify his characters for a few extra laughs...
...Priority Working Groups affirmed that funding for core academic priorities must come first. This [first-dollar] approach is an extension of that direction,” Kirwan wrote, suggesting that the FAS administration is taking a broad interpretation of the working groups’ recommendations rather than implementing them line by line...
Carpenter said that the goal of the working groups was never to legislate or mandate, but rather to offer guidelines—or even boundaries—around the dean’s approach. The dean has final word, Carpenter said, but the working group gave divisional members the opportunity to voice their concerns and delineate specific areas that should not be cut. “It’s not absolute agenda setting,” he said. “But partial agenda shaping...
...sides that banishing the ghosts of the Cold War should be an urgent priority, and that it is no longer acceptable to live in a world with thousands of thermonuclear weapons primed and ready to launch. As Andreasen says, "The key to deep cuts is not deep control treaties; rather, it is to deepen and widen the consensus that our security will be enhanced by further reducing the role of nuclear weapons in security policies. The new START agreement is one step in that process - but many more, and more urgent, steps are needed...