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...Will's erratic trajectory through the 19th century he accumulates lots of money and power, first as a trader, then a lawyer, then a politician, and he blows it all in a quixotic attempt to preserve his adopted tribe and its homeland. It's a picaresque and pulpy story, pure pleasure at times, full of duels and hunts and treks and sweaty, historically accurate sex (although Claire, the book's weakest link, never becomes more than a compilation of crackpot feminine ideals). But it has a sad heart, and in the end an elderly Will is left wincing...
...faculty at the Harvard Law School. Perhaps that was why the outcry over a string of alleged instances of plagiarism involving Harvard Law School professors—including Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree Jr. and Loeb University Professor Laurence H. Tribe ‘62—caused such a vicious and popular controversy.In 2003, Dershowitz was accused of inappropriately lifting material from Joan Peters’ 1984 book “From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine” while writing...
...break away from those pesky notions of “fairness” or “equality” that have long haunted creators of reality show competitions and games. At its most basic level this new version of “Survivor” would pit two tribes with differing cultural and racial backgrounds against each other. But—and herein lies the innovation—the two tribes would live in separate and unequal lodgings. In competitions, Seiku (the Caucasian tribe) would be given better supplies and more time to complete challenges, while team Anawatu (made...
...Such a talk has particular relevancy as the U.S. Senate debates legislation about the White House’s power to reinterpret a provision of the Geneva Convention regarding the trial of terrorists contained at Guantanamo. Last year on Constitution Day, Loeb University Professor Laurence H. Tribe ’62 gave a talk on the future of the U.S. Supreme Court under Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. ’76. But the new holiday seems not to have reached the popular recognition of other civic holidays. “My calendar, for example, does not refer...
...Quite a few, but thankfully there are just as many I've had disagreements with that are still my friends. In fact, in some ways it's deepened these friendships. Also, I'm very tribal and if someone is a really close friend - part of my little tribe - no amount of political disagreement...