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...instrument of peace.THC: You graduated from Harvard in 1967, with a B.A. in English. What did you imagine yourself doing at the time? What most surprises you when you look back on your trajectory?TK: I wanted to be a writer—either Ernest Hemingway or F. Scott Fitzgerald, but I made a pretty stupid mistake and went into the army and into Vietnam. Fortunately it didn’t turn out too badly for me. The way it turned out, it surprises me that it’s worked and that I’ve been able...
Upper Hall, according to Cambridge Queen's Head Manager Scott Smider '01, was made possible through the donation of an alum who took it upon him/herself to loosen up the senior class. The donation was meant to last for just 2007-2008, but with some good bookkeeping, managed to be stretched out for the class of '09, as well...
Early-release programs can save states huge sums - $45 million a year in Colorado, for instance - but at what cost? One worry is that crime will rise if inmates are let go before completing their sentences. Republican Scott Suder, a Wisconsin assemblyman, crystallized a deeper concern, a moral one, when he told the Wisconsin State Journal in June that early release amounts to "rewarding bad behavior...
...Schulberg, an important literary figure, a scant few lines [Aug. 24]. It makes me wonder if your arts editors are about 14 years old. Apart from his novel What Makes Sammy Run?, Schulberg was around in an important era of major literary figures and was a colleague of F. Scott Fitzgerald on movie scripts about which he wrote a novel, The Disenchanted. Trevor Hoyle, NEWHEY, ENGLAND...
...With [special envoy] Scott Gration in Sudan and now you, is there a trend toward diplomatic engagement with war criminals and the systems that shield them? We want genocide to stop but also want the conflict to stop. Issues like contact with governments that have committed these crimes always come up. We should have no nonessential contact with indicted individuals. It is preferable to meet with people who are not accused, but sometimes you need to have that contact. There are different approaches that can be taken, but working that out is something I look forward to doing...