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...military action, police action or "freedom fight" abroad. If we think we understand enough about a nation to know what is best for it, then we ought to be able to look its ordinary citizens straight in the eyes before killing them for their own good. And please spare those people speeches about how it is only their government we hate, not them. If the whole world operated by that standard, Prime Minister Tony Blair's Britain and President George W. Bush's U.S. would have been invaded a good four years ago. Alice Pfeifer Hays, Kansas...
...Bulldogs’ hearts that were broken. The Harvard men’s hockey team defeated Yale (11-17-3), 2-1, Saturday night in a physical Game 2 at the Bright Hockey Center to win its best-of-three ECAC first-round series with a game to spare. Though the Crimson (14-15-2) was robbed on several quality scoring opportunities by Bulldogs backup netminder Matt Modelski, the Harvard defense and senior goaltender Justin Tobe shut down the Yale offense, allowing just one goal for the third time in four games. “We played pretty well, especially...
...outlet must run features like this anytime the U.S. government openly contemplates military action. If we think we know what is best for another nation, then we ought to be able to look its ordinary citizens straight in the eyes before killing them for their own good. And please spare those people speeches about how it is only their government we hate, not them. If the whole world operated by that standard, Prime Minister Tony Blair's Britain and President George W. Bush's U.S. would have been invaded a good four years...
Elsewhere, as at Mercedes, status is increasingly measured by what's on the inside. There was not a logo in sight on the runway of young designer Doo-Ri Chung, whose spare and ethereal designs have garnered her a devoted following and the 2006 CFDA Swarovski's Perry Ellis Award for Emerging Talent. Similarly, Belgian designer Raf Simons has made a return hit of Jil Sander's clean collection, which he describes as "pure," "silent" and "romantic." "The aesthetic that comes out is 'Let's not add what's not necessary,'" he says...
...start with Lacaria’s disregard for facts. Not one to spare pejorative words, he asks of the Radcliffe Institute, what do “these women” actually do for a living? He says that Drew Faust only writes about “gender” and “ritual.” Had he bothered to scroll down to the end of whatever Web site he was on, he might have found things more to his liking. For instance, he would have learned that one of Prof. Faust’s main works...