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There are many things that Americans do not mind. They are, after all, an indulgent people. Many do not care that their leaders skim the fine print of treaties or are sometimes forgetful. But pretending to be one thing while being another just does not wash. Like claiming not to be a womanizer and then getting caught in what resembled a tryst. Like declaring that America does not bargain with terrorists and then secretly seeking deals with them. In a democracy, hypocrisy is a mortal political...
PFFC OPERATES on a simple principle: if it is good that certain Harvard men have separated themselves from the rest of the community, it would be even better if final club members could undergo further selection procedures to separate the cream from the skim milk. I propose that members of each already-selective club divide themselves into even smaller and more homogenous groups...
...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.'s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up, we decide C-(Harvard being Harvard, one does not give D's. Consider C- a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn't thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have...
With millions and millions of dollars lying around, and no one keeping track of just how many millions there were, it was un-American not to skim off just a little...
These are just some of the strands that have been woven together in a bizarre tapestry of intrigue that stretches across two continents and several years. As each day brings fresh revelations about the scheme to skim profits from secret U.S. arms sales to Iran and channel them to the contras in Central America, the tale assumes the drama and sweep of an epic thriller. Some chapters are still murky, and the ending remains to be played out over the next few months, even years, but the story already rivals the most intricate of spy novels...