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...recognizing an objective standard—such as the “Veritas” ironically still emblazoned upon the University arms—the sagest counsel that Harvard can permit itself to offer its wards is: do what makes you feel good. “Meaning” in life cannot arise from anywhere but from within, from “being true to yourself,” i.e., to whichever prejudices you acquired before you arrived at Harvard or those you have absorbed in the four years since...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: Education Without Substance and Without a Soul | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...flat-out funny one in these 9-min. stop-motion gems, which put musings on various subjects by various Brits into the quizzical mouths of animated animals. An extension of Nick Park's Oscar-winning short (included on the DVD), this BBC series offers the sagest social critique this side of South Park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6 Classic Animal Movies | 1/3/2006 | See Source »

...friends like Gilbey and her brother Charles, the new Earl Spencer. If true, she may not be getting very good advice. Last year Spencer decided to head off a rumor about an affair that continued after his marriage by announcing himself that it was true. Perhaps not the sagest fellow to counsel the future Queen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Princess Diana and Prince Charles: Separate Lives | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

...founded the Cleveland Browns and gave them his name, who was fired once himself and had to live for a time on his face-mask patent, basically ordered better nutrition and more sleep. The sagest maneuver of the season may have been the removal of the cots from the coaches' offices in Cincinnati...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Just A Super Bowl of Crescendos | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

From the seemingly sagest adults to the small children, reported Editor Moraes, the bloodstream of China has been seriously infected with the propaganda germs spread daily from Peking: "America is Public Enemy No. 1. From billboards and posters, through the press, film and radio, in incessant speeches and slogans, the U.S. is reviled as an imperialist and an aggressor. Even the mild-mannered Madame Sun Yat-sen chuckled with glee when drawing our attention to a cartoon depicting Dean Acheson . . . as a 'bacterial bug.'" Moraes noted that Chinese who speak English with an American accent are nervous about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Transfusions of Hate | 6/23/1952 | See Source »

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