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...offer but refused to visit Iran. In the 1960s he had watched one colleague after another set off on fact-finding missions to Vietnam, and each returned convinced that America could win the war. "I had learned from our Vietnam experience," he explained, "how dangerous it can be when travel is substituted for thought...
...technology is, and has never been, an end or a solution in itself. Building a “mechanical horse” (the automobile) speeded up travel, but also polluted our skies and made us dependent on unsustainable sources of energy. Going online opened up new roads, but, in turn, created new forms of cyber crime and the potential for social alienation...
...Harvard, Princeton, and Virginia went on four major joint-travel trips in November. On a stop in Washington D.C. this fall, over 1,300 students, parents and guidance counselors attended an information session. Fitzsimmons said that in the almost 20 years of recruiting travel leading up to this year, the largest turnout Harvard had ever seen...
...distinction’s recipients. But unlike his 10 fellow recipients, he will not receive the degree at today’s Commencement exercises. Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor two weeks ago, and is recovering from surgery at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., making travel difficult. In a highly unusual arrangement, Kennedy will be awarded the honor at “an appropriate future occasion,” said a Harvard spokesman, who added that the senator had originally been slated to attend the event. Also receiving degrees will be spiritual leader, the Aga Khan...
...Massachusetts senior senator was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor two weeks ago, and is recovering from surgery at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., making travel difficult...