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Levy makes this point well and repeatedly. Crisply-uniformed UN troops pass by Bosnians freezing in the mountains and air-drop relief food into an icy river. Some UN officers struggle with the cruelty of this position, but most are unable or unwilling to resist policy defined by distant leaders. Bosnian military leaders, many former intellectuals or white-collar workers, speak with guarded firmness about the fighting, appearing at worst as misplaced men, but mostly seeming deeply and quietly courageous...
Hopefully, Harvard will continue to resist ethnic studies, which would be going in exactly the wrong direction. Thomas C. Horne...
After reading an editorial in the New YorkTimes by Havel, Huth was encouraged to write aresponse which was recently completed and will beprinted in a Czech national science journal. "Icouldn't resist the opportunity to write aresponse that would be printed in the Czechrepublic," he says...
...temptation to call "The Secret of Roan Inish" an outrageous bit of Irish Blarney is difficult to resist. This movie swings from realism to fantasy as it portrays the shenanigans of an isolated family in Northwest Ireland when they start believing their own far-fetched lore...
...enough consideration to the psychological impact of the change. Executives who have labored for years to win such corporate status symbols as secretaries and luxurious corner offices are reluctant to shed their hard-won perks. Ambitious junior managers, mindful of the old adage ``Out of sight, out of mind,'' resist spending too much time away from headquarters. For employees whose social life revolves largely around their co-workers, the transition can also be wrenching. Some complain that their creativity, stimulated in part by informal corridor chatting or lunches with fellow employees, has been dampened. Even at Chiat/Day the metamorphosis...