Word: repeatability
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Mark Twain is reputed to have said that history does not repeat itself; it rhymes. There will never be another Holocaust. The exact permutations of history that created it are lost forever, and in this respect every event is a historical singularity. But cracks in a world which we must strive to make perfect surround us. And not just cracks, but major breaches of ethics and humanity. The enduring power of the Holocaust is its ability to wake us from moral slumber and prod us into action...
Hochanadel hit a two-run homer in the fourth to tie the game up, and it looked like Harvard might take three of four and not repeat what happened last year against Brown at Brown--winning the first two but losing the last...
However, Brown made sure history did repeat itself by scratching together what proved to be the winning run in the bottom of the sixth. A single, a sacrifice, and a single to right center scored the decisive run, and despite collecting an impressive 11 hits on the day, Harvard could not push across a run in its last two at bats...
However, the cost of this believed-to-be-true "political omnipotence" does not only come from wars. The bombs that hit the World Trade Center two years ago and Oklahoma City two days ago repeat the message that this country has become terrorists' No. 1 target because of its I'm the-world's-cop foreign policy...
...touched, frankly, to see that Daniel Altman wants to promote our cause by (mis) quoting in the April 22 Dartboard the text of part of the newest Salient subscription promotion. Since The Crimson so enjoys giving us free publicity, I'll repeat the details of both offers: For $20, graduating seniors can have the Salient mailed to their future addresses. Also for $20, as Altman cites, Harvard undergraduates can have a year of the Salient hand-delivered to their rooms before the biweekly circulation meetings, plus a personalized birthday card...