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...Kansas voices asking permission to strike this or that "target." One sensed an eerie beauty in the way the bombs cascaded through the sky, and in the answering orange flames that surged up out of the jungle. There was little bloodshed in Lawrence, Kans. We could ad mire the skill with which the makeup men decorated the actors' faces with red streaks, but we could keep telling ourselves that it was not real blood, and there was not much of it anyway, nothing gory. In Cambodia, blood...
...computer makes easier the process of writing, but doesn't help with the skill of writing," Marius said, while emphasizing the experimental aspect of the section. "The computer eliminates so much of the physical labor and allows far more mental labor," he added...
...ever leaving a firm point of departure. Her reviews are concerned with stylistic pyrotechnics, while her general essays are generally impenetrable. Hardwick is never dull however, and one reads on simply to decipher her meaning. That the essays are compelling despite their impenetrability is a measure of Hardwick's skill" unfortunately, these essays do not other the reader concrete proof of Hardwick's talent, only the illusory promise...
...revolves around money, and all the major ones have pressing problems, but in none as much as football. Professional hockey and basketball are teetering on the brink of fiscal collapse and increasingly poor play is diminishing fan interest. Baseball is sounder for a variety of reasons. It demands more skill than physical force, the season is much longer, the players have the strongest collective bargaining agreement in sports, the teams mercifully have avoided all but the barest of playoff series, and the sport somehow does not lend itself to betting...
...finally the burden rests with us, the fans. Obviously watching sports is fun, but we have to control the impact it has on our live. This is not to say do away with competition, but recognize it for what it is--a contest of skill and excellence between groups of highly trained athletes doing something we can't. Admire the players ability on both sides. Cheering favorite players and rooting for the home team is fine, but doing it at the expense of the opponent only hurts both. All that last Saturday's game means is that this year Harvard...