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...students pondering the many ways our tuition payments can pay dividends, the cost of this most exclusive and, one might add, priceless angle on Paris may well be—apart from the munificent support of one of our research institutions—just a little ink and some standard-sized envelopes.Alexander Bevilacqua ’07, a Crimson editorial editor, is a history concentrator in Leverett House. France has left him with an irrepressible desire for customized dueling equipment...
...guess that parents put up thousands of pounds before the boys were born to reserve a place at Eton, where students learn they are superior to the plebian proletarians in nearby downtown Slough. Kenneth Carman Basildon, England The story on Eton College was very revealing about the high standard of education upheld by a dedicated team of teachers. However, you helped fuel the unfair impression that Eton is very exclusive. Every year Eton awards scholarships to poor children from state schools in England, and has instituted other programs to make the school available to the underprivileged. Eton's reputation...
...grow and prosper, setting its own pace, as your thought-provoking story clearly showed. The Indian system of democracy is seeking its own road to equality and social justice, which will make it different from Western and American models. Indians are saving more, eating better and enjoying a higher standard of living than ever before. Yet India has its contradictions. It is important to remember that many people still live in extreme poverty. Vinod C. Dixit Ahmadabad, India...
...other than pleasing a portion, but not all, of Cuban-American voters. Moreover, for the U.S. to maintain an embargo on Cuba while embracing Vietnam--a communist state with which the U.S. fought a long and costly war--and promoting trade and investment with Hanoi represents a blatant double standard that provides ammunition to U.S. detractors everywhere...
Papal trips have their standard menu of metaphors and stated objectives: peace mission, pilgrimage, journey of reconciliation, personal homecoming. The official aim of Pope Benedict XVI?s lightning-quick visit to Spain was to celebrate the Christian family, helping to close the Catholic World Meeting of Families in Valencia this weekend. Intead, the Pope's much-anticipated handshake and photo op Saturday evening with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero looked more like a heavyweight boxing stare-down of ideas over the direction of Western civilization and the meaning of morality in the modern world...