Word: trivializations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this further, terrible split in the fact: that upon a people already so nearly drowned in materialism even in peacetime, the good uses of this power might easily bring disaster as prodigious as the evil. The bomb rendered all decisions made so far at Yalta and at Potsdam mere trivial dams across tributary rivulets. When the bomb split open the universe and revealed the prospect of the infinitely extraordinary, it also revealed the oldest, simplest, commonest, most neglected and most important of facts: that each man is eternally and above all else responsible for his own soul...
...little reflection on the larger matters of life. As I've spent more time with "regular people" not affiliated with Harvard, I've noticed how we undergraduates change the level of our discourse profoundly (and perhaps subconsciously) when speaking to those outside our collegiate circle. We realize the triviality of our usual gripes, and discuss something other than consulting, recruiting and paper deadlines. We move away from excessive preoccupation with short-term goals and address the human concerns that link us to the rest of the world. Though the process of education is designed to deepen our understanding of these...
...proverbial "call to arms." This violation of the Student Handbook is an offense subject to the Ad Board. We hope not to resort to such retaliation, and have since sought counsel from the Dean of Students Office. It saddens us that so much time need be spent on such trivial matters when we should be furthering queer visibility and life on campus. The elections have since been nullified (with the consent of all parties involved) and new public elections will be held in the coming weeks. CHRISTIAN PHILIPPE QUILICI '01 Chair, publicity, Harvard-Radcliffe BGLTSA...
...Monica Lewinsky story is not one of these trivial cases. The President is suspected of having sexual relations with a young staff member in his private office in the West Wing of the White House. He is suspected of committing perjury or persuading others to commit perjury, and of obstructing justice. We do not know if these charges are true (and I sincerely hope they are not), but they are extremely serious--the most serious charges laid against a President since Watergate. They raise the specter of a President grossly abusing his power and incapable of controlling his most basic...
...womanizer and liar. He cannot restrain himself even in the most public forum. Late last year in a visit to Venezuela, Clinton flagrantly flirted with a presidential candidate, who just happened to be a former Miss Universe. Nor can he tell the simple and whole truth on the most trivial matters. Last November, Clinton said he had not eaten at McDonald's since he became president, a laughable lie disproved with a simple NEXIS search...