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...with the saddest of hearts that I write at this time, three days after the death of a truly beloved Eliot student, Paul F. Gilligan III ’05. His passing has come as the most tremendous shock, and it is almost impossible to comprehend that he is no longer with us, that his smile and quiet voice, his generous spirit, and his outstanding athleticism, will no longer grace the Dining Hall at Eliot or the dock at the Weld Boat House...
...saddest, for some reason, is the one Baker uses to begin his book. An angry wife grumbles about "my husband, the cop. Always has to be the big man." When neighbors ask him to fix tickets, she says, he tells them, "No problem." She goes on: "The big, important policeman. Do you know how he fixes tickets? He goes downtown and he pays them, that's how he fixes tickets." This is a tough, grubby book, and a good job of listening. --By John Skow
...Christmas Day she visited Nelson Mandela for 40 minutes at Pollsmoor Prison, eight miles outside of Cape Town. Afterward she told reporters that the holiday visit had been the saddest in the 23 years her husband has been in jail. Reason: the 67-year-old black nationalist leader has been kept in solitary confinement in the prison hospital while recovering from a prostate-gland operation he underwent last month. "Christmas has ceased to be of any specific meaning to the oppressed people of this country," she declared. "Christmas has become a day of mourning...
...think it is the holy souls enshrined at Yasukuni that are experiencing the saddest feelings by seeing this kind of situation." RYUTARO HASHIMOTO, former Prime Minister of Japan, who along with four other former leaders last week denounced Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's continued visits to the controversial war shrine...
...Dont believe the bubble, pt. 1Ranking at the top of my list of saddest characteristics of Harvard culture is that it is incredibly self-absorbed. The internal focus of our activities and thoughts often blinds us to the reality that simply because of the reputation and influence of our institution and the vast array of resources at our disposal, we can be a force for positive change that is more far reaching than campus politics and the accompanying discourse. Whether it is divestment from Sudan or South Africa, pushing for diversity in the workplace, or organizing to raise money...