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...take away the president’s power to use his dean selections as a way to steer the University’s course. But, according to some Harvard historians, that was a power that presidents never actually held.“Presidents think they will be able to shape the University through their appointments,” Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, who teaches a course on the history of Harvard and its presidents, said last week. “It doesn’t always work out that...
...keep the teams sharp. “The Ivy League is probably one of the strongest leagues in American fencing, if not the strongest,” he said. “We try to utilize the [interposed] events as much as possible to keep us focused and in shape and intense for this weekend.” Co-captain Jakus echoed his words. “It was important for us to show a strong team here,” Jakus said. “It’s good preparation for this weekend’s tournament...
...ironies and solitudes of the land where unbelievably, “El Dorado” used to appear in maps until just over a century ago. The surreal waters of Latin America reveal two very different paths forward and today’s horizon acquires the sadly familiar shape of uncertainty. One of those paths tries to materialize El Dorado, in the form of fossil fuels rather than gold and further vanquishing democratic institutions. The other is a harder path to follow, considering that shortsighted foreign powers often advance their immediate economic interests and create larger problems than the ones...
...There was praise for her pursuit of justice, her courage and grace, her embrace of peace in the face of cruel force. "As a great movement in history took shape," President Bush said, "her dignity was a daily rebuke to the pettiness and cruelty of segregation...
...Although they possess the same shape-shifting charm, Jungen's masks are much more than art-world variations on TransFormer toys. What they are is a kind of penetrating, wise-guy folk art. They reach into realms that have to do with magic and the objects that presume to have it, with power and the gaudy ways it announces itself, with the degradation of native art into gift-shop kitsch and the elevation of celebrity sports gear into sacred bling. By conflating tribal fetish and consumer trophy, Jungen has managed to tie any number of cultural assumptions and anxieties into...