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...extraordinarily difficult to undo the remote past by particular programs rewarding the descendants of people who suffered," Thernstrom said. "One might as well begin by asking the African government to provide compensation because it is they who captured the slaves and sold them. It seems to me that would be absurd...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Scholars Join Debate About Slavery Reparations | 3/1/2000 | See Source »

...result of the attempt to replace the Wasp elite with a new one of philosopher-kings is, instead, a return of the plutocracy that was upended by the Wasps a century ago. Many of the best-known Wasp grandees (like Averell Harriman) spent their life trying to undo what their plutocrat fathers had done. The creators of the succeeding admissions-test elite wanted to take decision-making power about who got to the top away from the marketplace and give it to the schools. If the country has decided it would be neat to be led by its billionaires, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will Be The Next Elite? | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

...WORLD, Nov. 8] only contribute to the miseries of the Iraqi populace. If the U.S. has not been able to replace Fidel Castro in Cuba, why should it think it can overthrow a leader like Saddam, who is liked by the people? No amount of bombing or propaganda will undo things so easily. I want the bombings to stop and all sanctions to be lifted. Allow the Iraqis to lead peaceful lives. Americans should ask Congress to stop funding unnecessary operations like the one in Iraq. The money could be better spent elsewhere. M. SHAKIR KHALEEL Bangalore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 29, 1999 | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...converted an old IRA into a Roth in 1998, you have until Dec. 31 to undo it. The deadline was recently extended to allow those who converted without knowing whether they qualified for the Roth the opportunity to correct their error. Many rushed to convert in 1998 because of a one-time grant to spread the resulting tax over four years. The effect, though, was to extend the period in which you can unconvert and then reconvert to the Roth. You'd want to do that if your IRA's value is much lower now than when you originally converted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Year-End Tax Tips | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...tells her she is Jesus' distant descendant and it is her destiny to save the world. Two fallen angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Affleck), have found a doctrinal loophole that will allow them to return to Heaven by walking through a parish door in New Jersey. "It will undo the world," Bethany is told--unless she can stop the renegades from defying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Can God Take A Joke? | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

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