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Accepting that his views no longer easily prevail, he has devoted himself instead to reining in the new court. "He does it by a very agile mind, a fluid pen and tireless work," says Stanford Law Professor Gerald Gunther. The term just ended was a particularly satisfying one for Brennan, highlighted by his authorship of two decisions that strongly reasserted the constitutional separation of church and state. Brennan has spent nearly 29 years on the high bench fighting to uphold such principles, and he has some formidable weapons at his command...
...urbanism and bold experimentation in both form and materials. A lifelong devotee of Swiss modernist Le Corbusier, Tange shared many of his idol's best and worst tendencies-his buildings could be brutal, cold and impractical, and have never been as well-loved as they are well-respected. A tireless theoretician and teacher, Tange's four-decade reign as one of architecture's brightest stars launched the careers of numerous disciples who continue his modernist mission-as he described it, to seek "the union of technology and humanity." By Jim Frederick...
When Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith told her team the second half of the season would require tireless defense, Cserny and Murphy spear-headed an effort that led to the Crimson’s 12-2 record in its last 14 games...
...been a long time coming, but undergraduates will at last have a 24-hour library. Next fall, Lamont Library will be open all day and night from Sunday morning until Friday night. The extension of Lamont’s hours is in great part due to the tireless work of The Undergraduate Council (UC) and in particular, President Matthew J. Glazer ’06, Representative John S. Haddock ’07, Representative Ryan A. Petersen ’08, and former Vice-Chair of the Student Affairs Committee Teddy E. Chestnut ’06. These students...
...Leaving aside the monster parents who seem to have been born to torment the teacher, even "good" parents can have bad days when their virtues exceed their boundaries: the eager parent who pushes too hard, the protective parent who defends the cheater, the homework helper who takes over, the tireless advocate who loses sight of the fact that there are other kids in the class too. "I could summarize in one sentence what teachers hate about parents," says the head of a private school. "We hate it when parents undermine the education and growth of their children. That...