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...Queen fulfilled another age-old obligation to her people by spending Christmas at Sandringham, her grandfather's and her father's favorite house, surrounded by members of her family. It was the season when Britons are most conscious of home and family, words that loom large and rich with meaning in their lives. It was the season also when the British monarch traditionally speaks to his subjects as a parent on matters close to all their hearts. By radio from Sandringham last week, Elizabeth told her subjects in a warm, clear voice: "Many grave problems and difficulties confront...
...beginning in the 2007-2008 school year—will be offered through the initiative, including Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Christopher D. Johnson’s “Strange Mutations.” “They are really magnet courses designed to bring people into the rich and extraordinary world of the humanities,” Tatar said. “We don’t have an Ec 10 so if you are here and your four roommates are taking Ec 10, you too will feel you should be taking that course...
...Duke lacrosse situation is not, thus far, a Jane Doe case. Lattimore’s concern—that the media firestorm has played a major role in discrediting the alleged victim, an exotic dancer—has been substantially outweighed by the thorough vilification of the ostensibly rich, white, privileged team members and the elitist university they represent. Never have I heard a Duke student utter, “Well, she is a stripper.” Blaming the victim and using her occupation to destroy her credibility cannot be condoned. But typecasting 46 individuals as unsurprisingly racist rapists...
...plodding quarter-note basslines, or its clumsily-executed, often out-of-pitch multi-part backing vocals. It’s 90 consecutive minutes of primordial ska, and it’s tiresome. This isn’t for lack of talent. Marley’s tenor is both rich and youthfully light, perhaps more passionate and expressive than on his later work. “I’m Still Waiting” is one of his more charming vocal performances, mourning his unrequited love with quiet passion. “The Skatalites” support the group instrumentally with...
...even in my senior year in high school, whenever I said I wanted to go away to Harvard, everyone asked, “Oh, so you want to find yourself a rich man, is that why?” Obviously, I chose Harvard for more than just an M.R.S. degree, but even in today’s society, it can be impossible to escape the view of a woman as a person who is supposed to submit to a man. I thought Harvard would be a more feminist-friendly place, but surprisingly, judging by the reaction to the new Women?...