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Communitarianism, loosely defined, is a fledgling and provocative effort to temper the excesses of American individualism with a strong assertion of the rights of the larger society. The social tension between the citizen and the community in democratic theory is at least as old as the 18th century differences between the rights-based philosophy of Locke and the majoritarian beliefs of Rousseau. But few voices in modern American intellectual life have challenged the primacy of the unfettered individual. To fill this void is the goal of the communitarians...
This time around, Clark didn't get a chance to play Belknap. Friday night, the Crimson third seed played phenomenonally, beating Andrea DaRis, a professional player whose temper had her banned from the courts for a year...
...West Point, the young plebe was known variously as Norm, Schwarzie, Bear and, in recognition of his notorious temper, Stormin' Norman. Nobody ever called him Herb; Norm's father, who detested the name Herbert, refused to inflict it on his son but gave...
...kindness of strangers. What do we really know about them? What if their kindness hides a crueler agenda? Take Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), for example. She seems a typical nursing type -- cheerful and bustling. But there is something, well, menacing about her size, her startling outbursts of bad temper and her excessive enthusiasm for Misery Chastain, heroine of the series of bodice rippers Sheldon has been turning out for years...
...Temper, Temper: Harvard's Ron Mitchell took exception to Krizansky's decision to fling his elbows in the junior Crimson forward's face. Mitchell immediately retaliated with a fist in Krizansky's face, causing tempers on both sides to flare...