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...tourism [March 5], you didn't point out the enormous amount of energy required for a brief thrill ride to space. The unmanned space program has brought advances in communications technology and defense systems. The sole significant justification for manned spaceflight is ... more spaceflight. Manned spaceflight for exploration's sake is one thing. Trying to justify it on economic grounds is another. John Day, Powell, Ohio...
...upperclass Houses contains comparable ratios of men to women, concentration distribution, and racial proportions, Harvard can assure each undergraduate a similar living experience—at least in terms of interaction with a variety of different personalities. Yet such equality comes at the cost of real diversity. For the sake of diversity within the Houses, Harvard regrettably sacrificed diversity among the Houses...
...neocons—for ignoring tried and true public policy in favor of more imperialist maneuvers. This book is a good read if you want to find out what America should have done in the recent past, or if you need to strengthen your anti-Bush arguments for the sake of good old-fashioned friendly debate. It’s short, painless, and actually quite interesting, even for one without any knowledge of politics. If only such a clear and thorough analysis existed before the last election. —Reviewer Joshua J. Kearney can be reached...
...conveyed it stirred up more controversy than it was worth,” she said. Ryan R. Thoreson ’07, one of six 2007 American Rhodes Scholars from Harvard, said that his House tutors had advised against applying to the program “just for the sake of applying for the Rhodes.” Dell and Mylavarapu’s op-ed did not change his decision to attend the British university, he said. “Everybody has their own pros and cons at any university that they are at,” Thoreson said...
...loving God and one's neighbor, caring for the sick, the poor, those in prison and destitute - teaching that what God commands is to "love one another." But because it started after Jesus' crucifixion, his followers often have been willing to risk dying for what they see as the sake of the truth. You can see it in the life and death of Martin Luther King, Jr. - his willingness to risk violence and death allowed him to defy those in power and change our society...