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Still, Slichter—true to his modus operandi of finding silver linings when they’re least expected—says there was a peculiar kind of solidarity to the House that he remembers as “the gardening tool shed in the back” of campus...
...easy to make fun of the French and their pompous pretense to the grandeur they shed a half-century ago when their loss of honor under Vichy, and then their loss of empire, relegated them to the rank of second-class power. But the fun is over. Before Sept. 11, France's Gaullist anti-Americanism as a form of ostentatious self-aggrandizement was an irritant. With a war on - three, in fact: Afghanistan, Iraq and the larger war on terrorism - France's willful obstructionism becomes dangerous and deadly...
...resolutions is that we have the start date wrong. There is little that feels new or resolute about January 1, when the days are short, the trees bare and in much of the country people are wrapped in so many layers that no one can tell if they shed that extra holiday weight or not. Surely there is a better time to turn the leaf, scrub your goals, fix what's broken...
...World in 80 Days, an adaptation of the Jules Verne novel starring Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER has a very unstatesmanlike cameo as a libidinous Turkish prince. Filmed last July--before he had a really, really big state to run--Schwarzenegger's scenes won't help him shed his Governor Groper image. In the movie's trailer, the bewigged action hero entreats a comely blond to become his seventh wife: "One for each day of the week. Do Tuesdays work for you?" The Governor's office declined to comment on his role in the film. California's crucial...
...less palatable display of dissent, the College was exposed to the bare bodies of bold protesters in the Square. This March, a group of daring demonstrators for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) shed their inhibitions and stripped down for their cause. The rally spurred much criticism, as it was a display viewed by many as a perpetuation of PETA’s penchant for shock tactics. Though it’s difficult to denounce students for taking part in a protest, the PETA incident wasn’t worthy of undergraduates’ time. Students must...