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...talent for understanding physical models would be a strength in much of her subsequent work...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class of 1984: Lisa Randall | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...Service registration form, the great essayist and country farmer E. B. White wrestled over what to enter for his primary job. “Physically I am better fitted for writing than for farming,” White wrote of the situation, “because farming takes great strength and endurance. Intellectually I am better fitted for farming than for writing.” The irony, of course, is that White was both a first-rate intellectual and a competent husbandman—cultivated and cultivator. We too should aspire to this kind of creative holism, where the distinctions...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Thinking is Craftwork | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...your heart and soul [May 18]. As a breast-cancer survivor who had a devastating experience with infidelity, I have walked in her shoes. Thankfully, my humiliation was less public, yet it was still as raw and painful. Edwards has handled her husband's failure with dignity and courage, strength and class. I salute her. Francine Bless, PLACENTIA, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...More important than any change in attitudes at Harvard, however, is the fact that the federal government might soon allow gay individuals to serve in the military openly, a movement that has gathered strength after reports that specialists in high-demand languages like Arabic and Farsi have been discharged for being gay. President Obama has said that he will push Congress to repeal the law, noting that the British armed forces have integrated their ranks without incident. Such a change in policy would strip Harvard of its basis for opposing the military’s presence on campus. Since most...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking The Long Way | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...pain and crisis, as well as shared joys.The third lesson is that you will occasionally be called on to make sacrifices. This generation, like mine, faces ____ (a deepening economic crisis, the scourge of boy bands, the temptation of white-collar crime), and confronting these issues will require tremendous strength. I dealt with this issue _____ (by going to grad school, by downloading illegally to undercut the music industry, by embezzling funds), but we all have to chart our own course through the perilous waters that mark our lives. No doubt your _____ (grade inflation, public school education, prison job training) has equipped...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: Parting Words Provide Choices | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

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