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Hopefully over the Christmas recess, senior BenStorey (mononucleosis) and sophomore forward ChrisBala (broken wrist) will regain their health andHarvard can start afresh in the new year
There is this consistent emblem in Ackroyd's More and Milton and Blake: London is the pivot into eternity. More's city, piously Catholic, fades into Camelot-like legend, shunned yet desired by Milton, who cannot regain it, all his monumental words raising only a pandemonium finally becalmed by Blake, who walks its shadows to find the city become Jerusalem. All three men were Londoners--as is Ackroyd. "It's always been ugly, a vandalized city," the novelist and biographer said recently. "But I hope it stays that way because that's its nature." His next book, he says, will...
Harvard was able to regain some composure, andSturdy knocked down a crucial three-pointer with4:11 left to increase the Crimson's lead to 71-62.Harvard, however, was unable to convert its freethrows down the stretch--the team shot a paltry 47percent from the charity stripe for the game--andDubuisson and All-Tournament team honoree JennyNett combined to cut Wofford's deficit to threewith 1:47 left in the game...
...million disenfranchised are currently serving their prison terms; 29 states continue to deny the vote to offenders after they've been put on probation and 10 states never return to ex-offenders their voting rights. Although it is possible for ex-offenders in these states to regain the vote, in practice, it happens rarely; an executive order or pardon from the governor can be required. According to the report, Virginia has 200,000 ex-offenders who are permanently disenfranchised; only 404 of them had their votes restored in 1996 and 1997. For most, the loss of voting rights is irrevocable...
...currently disenfranchised--they're currently disenfranchised. This political Catch-22, in which people need a political voice to get one, is not likely to be broken anytime soon. As a result, there is little reason to be optimistic that those who have been deprived of suffrage will ever regain it. Depending, of course, on how much we value the vote. Stephen E. Sachs '02 lives in Grays Hall...