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...speech shattered the illusions of moral relativists everywhere and highly embarrassed the Soviet government. It indicated that America would no longer make excuses for brutally despotic regimes that threatened our national security. As Noonan writes, “dictatorships cannot continue forever in an atmosphere of truth??[Reagan] refused to lie, and with his words the fall of the ugliest dictatorship in human history began...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: Passing the Reagan Test | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

Besides his lack of structure, Weinberg’s other main failing is that he seems to misunderstand many of the arguments against him. He dismisses them because they violate the axioms that he has chosen to live by. What exactly is “truth?? and what does it mean “to know”? To Weinberg, truth is learned through observations, and we test theories by how they conform to those observations. To his critics, the very nature of who Weinberg is affects those observations, and thus they can’t be counted...

Author: By Ya’ir Aizenman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: What Is Science, Anyway? | 11/2/2001 | See Source »

...Liberty thus as a kind of post-modern icon: a transformation—nay, subversion—of traditional elite definitions of “high art” through the medium of the balloon. Because this form of art rejects the notion of “absolute truth?? by implication, passers-by are thus free to imagine and enforce their own particular meaning of the sculpture. Tamiko A. Tsurudome ‘04, for example, speculates that “It kind of looks like the Chiquita Banana Woman”, whilst Jeremy D. Olson...

Author: By A. E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: But is it Art? | 10/11/2001 | See Source »

...returning to the scene of many fond memories—academic and extracurricular pursuits, parties, romances and above all—friendships. Any self-absorbed pride in professional achievements and status will be quickly shattered by remembering that these friends know the real “truth?? about me from college and medical school. I look forward to reminiscing with my Adams House roommates about our many pranks. These were (mostly) harmless, adolescent, idiotic and sophomoric forms of mischief born out of the monotony of studying for finals—in other words, some of the highlights...

Author: By The CLASS Of, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: In Their Own Words | 6/5/2001 | See Source »

...returning to the scene of many fond memories—academic and extracurricular pursuits, parties, romances and above all—friendships. Any self-absorbed pride in professional achievements and status will be quickly shattered by remembering that these friends know the real “truth?? about me from college and medical school. I look forward to reminiscing with my Adams House roommates about our many pranks. These were (mostly) harmless, adolescent, idiotic and sophomoric forms of mischief born out of the monotony of studying for finals—in other words, some of the highlights...

Author: By David F. Chang, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Let Them Eat Cake | 6/5/2001 | See Source »

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