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...this world, arguments are as dangerous as radiation and as swift as ballistic missiles, as are the curt phrases that punctuate them. Later, I will hear the story of the 1984 Northwestern Tournament from the man who won it, Jonathan B. Wiener ’84. The other team spoke at length about Cuban refugees intercepted by US patrol boats. Wiener and his partner parried with their own counter-plan, but its significance eluded their opponents. “I guess you missed the boat,” the Harvard team quipped. The audience collapsed in hysterics. It ruined...
...Harvard Debate for many years not to have been a Harvard debater (he went to Georgetown, then Harvard Law). When I first met him in the mid-1970s, he was partial to wearing one-piece pastel jumpsuits and had light orange hair down to his knees. Incongruously, when he spoke it was in one of the most pronounced West Texas drawls ever heard (he comes from Impact, Texas, outside Abilene). I remember someone making a cheesy movie about debate—“Talk to Me”?—called Dallas to see what the Harvard debate...
...Sorensen spoke about the Kennedy administration’s handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis, while Duberstein, who took over after the Iran-Contra scandal, told the audience about how he worked to help recover Reagan’s then deflated image...
Harvard Polo Club Coach Crocker Snow, Jr. ’61 spoke of Shaker’s deep love for horses and added that she was “a true team member...
...Benjamin calls Whitopias - have grown at triple the rate of America's cities in recent years, raising troubling questions about the country's multiracial cohesion. The Stanford literature Ph.D. chronicled his adventure in a new book, Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America, and spoke with TIME about what he found. (Read "Resisting School Integration in Savannah...