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...only the thesis writers and their leftovers remain, but there is nothing like being the first person in line at brain break to get the freshest day-old bagels, the first person in line to get eggs from the grille in the morning, and the first person to swipe into lunch.—Columnists Aliza H. Aufrichtig and Marianne F. Kaletzky can be reached at aufricht@fas.harvard.edu and kaletzky@fas.harvard.edu...
...school yards. Though the incident took only seconds, the exchange was immortalized on camera and uploaded to the web site of French daily Le Parisien, where it had been viewed nearly a million times by Monday morning. Against a background of sliding poll numbers, the video turned the verbal swipe into a political event...
...hearts and minds of millions of Americans will not be changed by back-door negotiating and the swipe of a president’s pen. Jacob P. Reitan, a prominent LGBT activist and current student at Harvard Divinity School, expressed disappointment in the state of LGBT activism precisely for this reason. “The LGBT community is very weak on raw action,” he said. “We lobby Congress, work on getting votes for legislative decisions, but we rarely take to the streets to convince people of our rights.” He asked...
...Valentine's day is one of the yearly events that do not have to be commercial. I make heart-shaped cookies with a friend, and we send most of them to our children and grandchildren. Each swipe of frosting, each sprinkle of sugar is an act of love. Not everything has to be expensive or come from a store. Saying "I love you" is easy - if somewhat caloric. Susan Cavenagh, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
...take umbrage with Gibbs' dismissal of Valentine's Day. It is one of the yearly events that does not have to be commercial. I make heart-shaped cookies with a friend, and we send most of them to our children and grandchildren, who live around the country. Each swipe of frosting, each sprinkle of red sugar is an act of love. I tie the boxes with red bows and send them off. Not everything has to be expensive or come from a store. Saying "I love you" is easy--if somewhat caloric...