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...basic commodities but also worsened the situation by increasing taxes. Everybody is struggling with meager salaries or pensions, while members of the ruling class enjoy enormous incomes and a lot of benefits. Everywhere one can feel the contempt that ordinary people nourish toward politicians in this mock democracy. The sight of the uncollected trash around Naples is a painful metaphor of the Italian mess. Alessandro Berrini San Donato Milanese, Italy...
...young for computer gaming [Feb. 11]. Not all young gamers go on to become computer nerds or serial killers. Computers can be a very positive experience for a young child. We got our first computer in 1988, when our youngest son was 4, and it was love at first sight. He's now 24 and works as a software developer. We always encouraged all his diverse interests; he played varsity soccer and sang in the school choir in high school and spent a student year in Japan when he was in college. With the right parental support, you never know...
...predict the future, I detect a familiar pattern in this year’s blossoming campaign. The 2008 “wakeup call,” as coach Kathy Delaney-Smith called it, came in the Crimson’s league opener against Dartmouth; it was a puzzling sight to see the Big Green celebrating at center court at Lavietes. Since that game on January 5, Harvard has reeled off five wins in a row. The next two weeks will be crucial ones. The four victories it’s collected at home have been all well and good...
...best library for discreet make-out sessions because it’s “so boring and dry and miserable, that you have to do something to make it interesting.” Lamont’s studious atmosphere means that prospective neckers can even hide in plain sight. Campus sex blogger Lena Chen ’09 says that she once smooched with a gay friend on the third floor of Lamont without anyone noticing. But campus kissing is hardly confined to the libraries. Mellor says that “little study rooms, tunnels, and all sorts...
...even in disagreement, especially in disagreement, I will seek the counsel of my fellow conservatives. If I am convinced my judgment is in error, I will correct it. And if I stand by my position, even after benefit of your counsel, I hope you will not lose sight of the far more numerous occasions when we are in accord...