Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Walk-throughs, doubles and thin walls often eliminate privacy and romance, and can increase the tension of a situation. Though cynical students suggest that the dorm rooms are part of a larger conspiracy to keep Harvard sex-free, the layout of most River House rooms is merely the product of an architectural generation...
...randomization is in the interest of the future generations. It is healthier to be in an entryway that is racially diverse than in one that is not, because in the real world people of all kinds have to interact with each other all the time. Why deliberately foster more tension by creating two separate worlds in a community that supposedly thrives on diversity...
...Harvard is some kind of utopia, then it should try to create an atmosphere of harmony. Obviously racial differences and racial tension will not magically disappear once randomization has been completed in three years, but they don't have to. That is something that could never be forced because it requires willingness on both sides, but at least this way, Harvard will feel less like two universities that share the same classrooms and more like one university united...
...that visiting another school once in a while is problematic. I am not suggesting that it is a crime to choose a non-Harvard female over a Harvard woman. I am suggesting that the insistence on the presence of female contingencies from other campuses is indicative of an underlying tension. There is something disturbing about why the men avoid the 50-50 Harvard male-female ratio in favor of great disparity. It is as if we are less intimidating when engulfed by large crowds...
...their efforts, and believed that all Irish people must be "accorded the respect which we all deserve."China Opposes U.S. ResolutionBEIJING: China has voiced its "strong opposition" to a Congressional resolution urging the United States to defend Taiwan if it is attacked by China, saying it is increasing the tension in the Pacific. On Wednesday, a House panel unanimously recommended the resolution saying the United States "should assist in defending Taiwan against invasion, missile attack or blockade by the People's Republic of China." The full committee takes up the measure today and the non- binding resolution is expected...