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...over it. This statement is admittedly not nuanced, and therefore frowned upon by members of the Harvard Faculty. But, for all its simplicity, it also has the virtue of being correct. The truth is that there are many situations in which we grant individuals greater autonomy due to their superior judgment. Indeed, the structure of the professional world is based on just such a hierarchical ordering, and those who lead organizations pursue the organizational equivalents of unilateral policies. This may gall the insecure and the immature, but after all, growing out of childhood includes acquiring the ability to defer...
...pink cheeks and silvery hair reclaiming their place on TV sets across the former Yugoslavia. For the president of the National Committee for the Liberation of Slobodan Milosevic, an organization of hard-liners, it's a welcome sight. "I am proud of our President," says Bogoljub Bjelica. "He is superior in every way." That view is widely shared in Serbia. Approval of the ex-President, not long ago in the single digits, doubled in the first week of his trial earlier this year to 20% and stayed there. Approval of the international tribunal conversely continues to drop: now even...
Harvard undergraduates of opposing political philosophies have a remarkably difficult time discussing any political issue. The reason is that we are too busy feeling superior to each other to really contend with one another’s beliefs...
Angelo Dalla Santa, a former Harvard dining hall manager accused of trafficking 300 pounds of marijuana worth $500,000, asked a Middlesex Superior Court judge yesterday to exclude some evidence from his trial...
...Yalies should fork the cash over happily and without complaint. And we want to hear cries of praise for The Crimson as they are granted the honor and privilege to enter hallowed Harvard Stadium—the site of so many Eli thrashings by superior Crimson athletes, though not a single concert...