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Freshman Todd Meringoff, the Harvard men's tennis team's top player, competed at the Rolex National Indoor Tennis Championships in Minneapolis over the weekend. Meringoff, one of only two freshmen at the tournament, full 6-1, 6-0 to fifth-ranked Tamer El Sawy of Louisiana State...
...distant future will be able to enjoy sex over the telephone. First they will slip into undergarments lined with sensors and miniature actuators. Then they will dial their partner and, while whispering endearments, fondle each other over long-distance lines. For those who prefer something tamer, Nobel physicist Arno Penzias believes that in the 21st century it will be possible to play Ping-Pong (or any other sport) with phantasms that look and talk like the celebrity of your choice. And that's just the beginning. Someday, says visionary engineer K. Eric Drexler, molecular-size machines will be able...
...late, however, Beth's column has been much tamer. The most entertaining letter in recent weeks comes from "Stuck In The Middle," of an unspecified locale, who complains that both she and her best friend have fallen in love with "Ger," but Ger likes only her friend. Beth urges patience. "You could wait and possibly go out with him later. Teen-agers often date each other's exes after they've broken up, because they know each other so well." How Important? 2 How Pathetic? 2 Everyone has been through the does-he/she-like-me stage, so "Stuck"'s problems...
...government. It's like a lion in the circus. The trainer is there in the cage with the lion, and he tries to find every weak spot of the animal in order to maintain his control. But if he fights the lion with force and violence, the tamer will lose, because he does not have the same physical power. Therefore he has to use intelligence. Sometimes, though, the beast strikes at you for no reason...
While Mozart's lyrics do not match those of 2 Live Crew in their offensiveness, some of the issues are similar. While no one speaks of banning Mozart, The Harvard Gazette chose not to print the "licking" excerpt, instead choosing a tamer quote and calling other lyrics, in the librarian's words, "guilelessly explicit." The Crimson may struggle less with such issues. Still, we think every newspaper would perform a valuable service by fully and unabashedly informing its readers of Mozart's silly...