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...this initiative will cost. Moreover, we stand by the principle that Harvard’s dollars are best allocated towards research on energy rather than its own cutbacks on emissions. Harvard boasts some of the world’s greatest minds, and the University could achieve much by harnessing talent and funneling more resources toward energy research. Nevertheless, with the initiative now on the ballot, we believe Harvard taking action—even if it doesn’t follow the letter of the initiative—is of crucial importance, and in that spirit, we urge students to support...
...Senate," Bush said. "They chose to obstruct his confirmation, even though he enjoys majority support in the Senate, and even though their tactics will disrupt our diplomatic work at a sensitive and important time. This stubborn obstructionism ill serves our country, and discourages men and women of talent from serving their nation...
...precisely this failure to acknowledge Peake's breadth of talent that Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art, a new and comprehensive guide to his career, seeks to redress. In 1998, Peake's son Sebastian met Alison Eldred, an avid collector of Peake's artworks at Beetles' gallery, and over dinner the new acquaintances decided to compile and edit a book which, says Sebastian, would show his father's "eclecticism and breadth to a new generation...
Though Peake's talent is indisputable, the source of his marvelously twisted imagination is elusive. Unlike the early years of many masters of the macabre, Peake's childhood was happy and contented. The son of a doctor with the London Missionary Society, Peake was born in Kuling, China, in 1911 and lived there until he was 11 years old. As a boy, he learned 600 basic Mandarin characters from a Chinese calligrapher, causing later observers to remark on the strange way he held his pen. After his family returned to England, Peake finished his education at Croydon School...
...years of Asian Heroes" triggered the thought that the unnoticed, unsung, unappreciated heroes around the world are translators and interpreters without whom our globalized world would be tongue-tied. Thanks to their skill and talent, communication, understanding, and appreciation take place on a daily basis. Where would we be without their fluency? They are our quiet heroes. Michael Driver Ichihara, Japan...