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...readers will be installed in all FAS residential facilities and select other campus buildings. Lichten declined to comment on the cost of the upgrade but said that it is "certainly not a trivial undertaking...
...drawing comedian for more than 40 years, with virtually no help from movies or TV sitcoms. His influence can be seen everywhere from the political rants of Lewis Black to the observational comedy of Jerry Seinfeld. He showed that nothing - not the most sensitive social issues or the most trivial annoyances of everyday life - was off-limits for smart comedy. And he helped bring stand-up comedy to the very center of American culture. It has never left...
...initiated reforms aimed at getting fathers to take parental leave, and expanding child-care services. With women's rights before a broader German public, Roche's book appeared at a good time. Now the question is whether her frank talk will advance gender equality or simply fade into a trivial cultural memory...
...political benefit Harvard University derives from banning ROTC is trivial compared with the detrimental effect the ban has on the selfless students involved. Instead of scapegoating a group of students, Harvard ought to make the bold political statement it pretends to be making, by publicly decrying the Government’s discriminatory policy. Maybe the University could even demonstrate its dissatisfaction with the policy by giving back the hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds it has received over the last 15 years and refuse to take any more in the future. Instead, by punishing ROTC cadets, Harvard...
...other schools, who may choose to use our model to shape their own Interfaith Awareness Weeks,” Syed said. “Over the years, we’ve acquired the resources and manpower to make this a national approach.”A (NON)TRIVIAL PURSUITInterfaith Awareness Week concluded with teams gathering in the Adams Lower Common Room to test attendees’ knowledge of other religious faiths in the form of a team trivia contest. Prior to the event, each co-sponsoring group submitted 10 questions concerning the major beliefs, people, holidays, and scriptures of their...