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...evening the issue was straightened out, according to Harvard Concert Commission Chair Justin Haan ’05, who said “all students have been spoken to directly, or a message has been left notifying them...
Most of the people I’ve spoken to since Nov. 2 don’t say we need to jettison core values to win rural America. The problem, they say, is not substance, but tone. Democrats, they say, are arrogant. But I think it’s a little disrespectful to suggest that rural Americans voted for Bush because Democrats sounded snobby. Rural Americans aren’t angry because Democrats support equal rights with a certain tone. They’re angry because we support equal rights. And even if our nominee runs away from social liberalism...
...looking back, and only that night did he learn whether enough people had decided to fall into line behind him to allow him to carry on. In a triumphant speech at the Ronald Reagan Building in D.C., after a long and winding election night, Bush declared victory. "America has spoken, and I am humbled by the trust and the confidence of my fellow citizens. With that trust comes a duty to serve all Americans, and I will do my best to fulfill that duty every day as your President...
...promise last week to visit Europe early next year - "to remind people that the world is better off, America is better off, Europe is better off, when we work together," he said - might be seen by some as more of a threat. The re-elected President still hasn't spoken to Zapatero, who pulled Spanish troops out of Iraq in May. His predecessor, José María Aznar, a charter member of Washington's "coalition of the willing," last week made a visit to the White House while in Washington for a speaking engagement...
...different place, with emphasis placed on the weather, the changes of season, encounters with animals and brief, mostly silent exchanges with people. One sequence has the man engage in an unspoken race with a fellow perambulator; in another he climbs a small-scale Mt. Fuji replica. With few words spoken you must piece together the "story," such as it is, almost entirely from the visuals. In its emphasis on quiet, low-key activities and cutaways to environmental details, "The Walking Man" evokes the atmosphere of the films of Yasujiro Ozu ("Tokyo Story," "Early Spring," etc.) But the comparison goes...