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...responding to this claim, I’ll first note that House spirit, to whatever extent it still exists, is by now a piddling remnant of what it (supposedly) was during the halcyon days of pre-randomization, when Houses had a certain character cultivated by their masters...
...following the speeches—including that of Maier Professor of Political Economy Benjamin M. Friedman ’66 who charged that “the proposal before us purports to preserve flexibility, but there will be a very clear reduction of shopping period to a vestigial remnant of what our students now enjoy”—Summers spoke of the need to “balance the clear importance of flexible student choice with the need to have rational academic planning.” It seems the speeches persuaded even Summers to shift his position...
...strength of a Harvard undergraduate education,” said Maier Professor of Political Economy Benjamin M. Friedman, who spoke after Georgi. “The proposal as stated before us purports to preserve flexibility, but there will be a very clear reduction of shopping period to a vestigial remnant of what our students now enjoy...
...institute is a remnant of the Soviet sports system as adapted by the People's Republic of China. A year ago Yao Ming was living in Room 305. At this very moment, in the little restaurants and motorbike repair shops just outside the gates of the institute, his proud and excited countrymen squat in front of televisions and watch him battle the overmatched Minnesota Timberwolves half a world away. Yao's NBA debut on Oct. 30 was reported to have been seen in 287 million households in China...
...remove racism from the social consciousness and restrict black politics to a purely domestic scope. In reality, black politics in America are inextricably linked to the African Diaspora and a world of exploding poverty. The Democratic Party is losing the so-called black vote because it has lost any remnant of an agenda relevant to black people. How long will it take for that epiphany to hit a donkey or an elephant...