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...first reaction to the nine-foot tall detailed depiction of male genitalia was that it was grossly inappropriate for Harvard Yard. I didn’t want to imagine children, elderly women and tourists alike being confronted with this fruit of Harvard undergrad labor the next morning. In fact, as I crossed the Yard on my way to class the next morning, I was extremely satisfied that my peers could all pass by without being subjected to such tastelessness. I didn’t want them to have to ignore their consciences and pretend—partly due to peer...
...through this debate. First of all, many critics fail to note that not all SUVs are created equal. Today's fastest-selling SUVs are those like Dickie's RX 300, a so-called crossover SUV, or CUV. Whereas traditional SUVs are built on truck frames, many crossovers are essentially tall cars that get O.K. gas mileage. While sales of the largest SUVs dropped 2.4% last year, the crossover market grew roughly...
Traffic-safety features such as guardrails and curbs, meant to keep cars on the road, tend to "trip" a tall SUV, causing it to flip over. Even changes in a paved surface, as when one wheel strays onto a gravel shoulder, can cause some SUVs to lose their balance...
Until recently, most SUVs were built using a truck undercarriage bolted to a tall passenger-vehicle compartment. Such body-on-frame construction is cheaper but may separate in a crash, exposing the vehicle's occupants to harm...
...visiting the same shops, worshiping at the same churches. Trouble might seem unavoidable. Yet Genevieve Uwamariya, a Catholic nun who lost her entire family to genocide, has since 1998 run a project in which more than 400 killers have met and talked with the families of their victims. A tall, slim, dark woman with graying hair, she says that one of the participants is the man who killed her father: "When he asked to see me I was unsure. But I said to myself, 'I need to be an example. I cannot tell people to do this if I cannot...