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...anyone pull any punches when they laid down the recruiting pitch in getting guys to come here to play sports? I doubt it. Guys know what they’re getting when they go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton or Dartmouth. They have a name to uphold??€”on and off from the field...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE MALCOM X-FACTOR: Yale Coach Misses Chance To Educate | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

...greatest legacy was his ability to question, not only himself, but the norms of his society. What leftists do is question status quos, dream of something better and envision solutions; they challenge their own behaviors in hopes of changing society. Meanwhile, conservatives are content to maintain and uphold??€”not to question. By failing to question free-market, consumerist norms, they avoid the civil war of the self altogether. This is not the sort of consistency Socrates would have advocated...

Author: By Sam Graham-felsen, | Title: Of iPods and Ideals | 9/23/2003 | See Source »

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