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...Harvard students—or anyone, for that matter—should choose, among innumerable other options, drama or poetry or non-profit work is a question seldom answered or even posed. The contemporary academy long has denied the relevance, importance, or solubility of such questions. Even to inquire about the most choice-worthy life implies a hierarchy of values, a notion that the ascendant progressive prejudices cannot compass...
...unlikely simply to climb down. It will likely show flexibility in seeking a formula that addresses Western concerns over its nuclear intentions, but on its own terms. What either side will offer, or be willing to accept, of course, must remain a matter of conjecture: diplomatic opening bids seldom resemble bottom lines in resolving a strategic stalemate. But the conversation between Obama and Netanyahu on Iran could yet prove testy in the months ahead...
...strange as White House life can be, it is providing Michelle a kind of balance she has seldom known. From roughly the time their first child was born, her husband was commuting to the state capital, the nation's capital or the campaign trail. Michelle all but charged him with abandonment, as he described in The Audacity of Hope: " 'You only think about yourself,' she would tell me. 'I never thought I'd have to raise a family alone.' " (See pictures of the White House kitchen...
...studio: “My teacher really tried to foster my growth as a ceramics artist.” His neighbor, a dentist by trade, taught him not only the fundamentals of pot-making but the science behind firing kilns, making glazes, and forming clay bodies—skills seldom taught in typical classes but that are essential to the art of ceramics. David also picked up rare methods, like raku, a Japanese technique where the clay is baked in an outdoor bonfire instead of a traditional kiln so that it acquires a metallic, earthy sheen. Finding similarly passionate potters...
...with this climax comes a warning. Justice may be done, but revenge seldom satisfies. Closure often leaves a cold and bitter draft under the door. "Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance," Churchill argued. Let Madoff be fairly and fiercely punished, and then let's turn away and deny him the satisfaction of causing any more pain...