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Crash is writer/director Paul Haggis’ attempt at a candid exposition of L.A. race relations??an ambitious project for a white Canadian’s directorial debut, even an Oscar-nominated one (Million Dollar Baby...
...communicating with residents of the Riverside and Agassiz neighborhoods, Harvard’s stock with city residents and local government officials has rarely reached such heights. That said, it is unfair that Cambridge should essentially bully Harvard into paying pacification money—in exchange for better town-gown relations??long before the former PILOT agreement was scheduled to run out. Harvard has long been a popular scapegoat for city officials. But in reality, Harvard is the primary reason for the city’s fame and consequent ability to attract technology companies and various other businesses (which...
Disaster or not, Summers has certainly built a “communications and media relations?? machine at the University, expanding the role of the Office of News and Public Affairs and hiring—for the first time in Harvard’s history—a personal spokesperson...
...then, he reminded me of—of all people—Bill Clinton. You may remember that, as the Monica Lewinsky crisis escalated towards impeachment, many observers remarked that it was not the affair but the lie to the nation (“I did not have sexual relations??”) that made impeachment politically possible. Had the President set aside his pride and more swiftly apologized, many think, the impeachment balloon might have been deflated. Likewise, if Bush stood up like Richard Clarke and took responsibility, it would be much harder to criticize his attitude...
...might trump the condemning and suspicious stare which makes you wonder, “Did I leave that C4 in my bag?” But don’t think things get any better after surviving immigration—America’s “foreigner relations?? aren’t about to improve. Sure, you escaped the armed guards, fingerprinting and interrogations about your visa’s legitimacy, but Customs is still to come...