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...Price of Democracy? You say that Bangladesh has been growing at 5% per year, and that that's wonderful [April 10]. Really? Any undergraduate student of economics can tell you that increased income is no measure of well-being. The acceptance of criminal behavior?murder, rape and arson?that has come with the acceptance of a confrontational two-party system means that well-being is lower today than it was under autocracy. That's not surprising: democratization and violence tend to go together. Indeed, the connection between democracy and violence is an ancient one: Thucydides and Plato were the first...
...briefly introduced. Fullilove laments that today's speechmaking and writing ain't what they used to be, particularly in foreign affairs. Yet in the era of short attention spans, the speech still endures. Why? "Because there is no better way to deploy your arguments and develop your themes-and tell your story," he writes...
...presentation of sketches for Allston’s first new building—a science complex—students cannot help but wonder if the University will make all new mistakes, albeit of the same genus. “I’m not a traditionalist, I can tell you that right away,” declared architect Stefan Behnisch at the presentation, though his sketches speak for themselves. The relatively featureless glass and steel polygons certainly were not hideous—but they were not Harvard either. Rather than being different for difference’s sake...
...very wide range of students...it’s less intense, when you get in a conversation it’s very chatty and informal,” she says. “In the College, there’s less dillydallying. It’s more, tell me your brilliant thought and I’ll tell you mine, then I have another class or extracurricular to go to so off I go.”However, professors say the more laid back atmosphere of the extension school is not necessarily reflective of the academic rigor of the classes.Robert...
...Holland ’06. The performances are appropriately complemented by a quirky choice of score, vibrant hair and makeup, and fantastic costuming designed by Casey M. Lurtz ’07. For example, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee (Rugani and Jennifer L. Brown ’07) tell Alice the story of the Walrus and the Carpenter using illustrations on their skirts. Acting and costuming thus combine for a re-imagining of each character that is extraordinarily successful. It does, however, fall short in a few instances—the most glaring of which is Drake?...