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...weeks ago, hundreds of people, many with no more than a cotton wrap to protect them against sub-zero cold, queued up outside stores and gas stations to try to buy food, as well as fuel for their space heaters. As early as 3 a.m., young children were out in the freezing night, waiting outside bakeries that would not open for several hours and then might have only a few undersize loaves for sale. In Khair Khana, a residential area, a thousand women and children pushed and shoved for flour and fuel provided by the Soviets. Afghan soldiers thrashed...
Outside the U.S., the incidence of AIDS varies wildly: an estimated 1 million Brazilians may be infected with the virus, but only 1,200 Japanese. The epidemic is still raging in Africa, where many scientists believe the disease originated. AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, unlike anywhere else, is a heterosexual scourge that affects men and women equally. One reason is that in some countries of the sub-Sahara men practice polygamy, while in other regions men commonly have multiple sexual partners. Moreover, the continent is rife with other sexually transmitted maladies, such as genital ulcers and lesions caused by syphilis...
...perhaps the most famous presidential address in recent American history, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the nation about the military-industrial complex and a Washington sub-government, which he thought was driving the nation toward irreversible damage. With the recent procurement scandals in the Pentagon and the budget deficit, crisis caused in part by defense spending, Eisenhower's warnings still haunt...
Similarly, participation in athletics at Harvard is not solely the "privilege" of recruited athletes. Harvard sponsors 40 intercollegiate teams for both men and women--more than virtually any other school--and while increasing financial pressures have led many colleges to drop their sub-varsity programs, Harvard has maintained the inclusive nature of its many-leveled sports programs. More than 20 percent of the student body (1500 students) participates in intercollegiate athletics at Harvard. Many of those 1500 are "walk-ons," accepted for their talents in non-athletic realms, but no less an integral part of the team than their recruited...
...idea is that if those people survived four years of bad food and long winters, then so can we and future generations of Harvard students. At other schools, students demonstrate school pride by painting themselves blue and taking off their shirts in sub-zero weather at nationally televised football games. We drop names. And in an age of declining prestige, we should thank the Lord ('00) that we can still do that...