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...Sarkozy got away with it. As a French citizen of South Asian origin, I would say that callousness represents the state of affairs in mainstream French society. Unlike the Anglo-Saxons, who have a penchant for politeness and political correctness, the French have no inhibitions about crudely stating their reaction to events. The country needs to get rid of its outmoded approach to race, immigration and integration. Gautham Venkata-Chalam Ottawa It is an illusion to believe the generous social-welfare benefits France offers its citizens - including millions of immigrants mostly from Arab countries - will bring social peace...
...similar fashion, the Solomon Amendment is a heavy-handed reaction to a genuine disagreement of institutional values. But its most dangerous repercussion is its misconstrual of the role universities play in society. By conditioning federal funding on compliance with military recruitment, the Pentagon makes federal funding seem like a reward. This perpetrates the image of federal grants as a one-sided benefit—that Harvard receives a large sum of taxpayer money essentially for free. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Harvard indeed receives from the government—to the tune of over $400 million...
...away? They’re advertising “Brokeback Mountain” not as a gay movie but as the ‘greatest love story ever told’–I’m interested in seeing whether there’s a right-wing reaction to this, like a couple of years ago when [conservatives] were like, ‘oh my God, the gays are taking over television.’ Will C. Nygard ’08 It’s probably because of the gay marriage issue, because it puts [gay lifestyles...
...line of success in these areas both on the ground and on the donor side.” Bono first came into contact with Summers during his time as Secretary of the Department of Treasury. “Who is Bono?” Summers said of his initial reaction to meeting the singer. “Is that his first name or his last name?” “He also thought the band’s name, U2, was a reference to the Cuban missile crisis,” Bono quipped. Since then, the two have...
...since Nintendo 64. While perusing one hot girl’s pictures, you soon find yourself manically opening new tabs or windows in your web browser to explore the pictures of every hot girl in any of the original girl’s pictures. This sparks a massive chain reaction which only the likes of a supercomputer like Deep Blue could truly handle—depending on what school you were looking at, obviously. Oh, snap...