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Innocence does not last forever, and children learn what adults teach them. I fear that England, set in her ways, is unready to teach her children to see not black and white but the multitude of brilliant colors that surround them. For what has happened, I cannot blame one side or the other; they are both to blame. I can only find the victims: Stephen and his mother, Doreen, and his father, Neville...
...chance," I said. No lawyer who has compared himself to Atticus Finch is likely to turn the trial of the century over to a deputy. What profilers have found out about the personality type known as the Creampuff Bully is that even though he tends to surround himself with tough guys, he always has them withdraw to the wings when the spotlight goes...
...explode anything he likes (or dislikes): Sherman tanks, Stealth bombers, fuel barges, skyscrapers. Also those creepy Teletubbies creatures. He'd get a choice of weapons, as well, from small-arms fire and hand grenades to Stinger missiles and tactical nukes. This game--with the latest three-dimensional effects and Surround Sound--would endlessly satisfy an unattractive but basic urge...
Radcliffe students pitched in, sponsoring a clothing drive and blood bank to "increase [the College's] awareness of the local and world communities which surround it by actively participating in them," says Georgette Haigh...
...What does this mean to you? I am not asking that every student drop their commitments and run off to explore the world, though I am sure you would enjoy the experience if you did. What I am saying is that you should look at the four walls that surround you, both literally and figuratively. Think about how little you take advantage of Boston's public gardens and sports arenas, museums and parks. Think about the Harvard resources you have never stopped to explore, the libraries and exhibits you have never visited, the professors you have never had the courage...