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First, the staff editorial ("Commencement Choice: Dr. Who?"). It is an insult to every scientist at Harvard to be told that the choice of Dr. Varmus is a "disappointment." As for "glamour," how many Harvard seniors from the class of 1995 had heard of Vaclav Havel prior to that Czech Republic President's selection as the Commencement Speaker for that year? No poll was conducted to my knowledge, but I'd venture a guess: not many. Seldom has such myopia been demonstrated by an entire staff (minus three) of supposedly intelligent journalists. This essay demonstrates a lack of education...
...High Commissioner for Refugees. Another choice: South Africa's Richard Goldstone, who is stepping down as prosecutor of the U.N. war-crimes tribunal. But the U.N. may for the first time risk selecting someone with the stature of a head of state or government, such as Czech President Vaclav Havel, Irish President Mary Robinson or Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland...
Other recent Commencement speakers include the president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel, Vice President Al Gore '69, former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell and Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland...
...quote I look to for inspiration whenever I get a little bit down is from [playwright and Czech Republic president] Vaclav Havel," Stephanopoulos said. "Politics can't just be the art of the possible, but also the art of the impossible: changing people's lives for the better...
...right of Clinton), standing to the left of France's new conservative President Jacques Chirac. A pair of paleocommunist and postcommunist leaders could be found in the third row from the front, where Fidel Castro (fifth from right), in a business suit rather than his customary fatigues, loomed over Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic to his right. In the fifth row, Yasser Arafat (just below the "50" banner) was placed near Yitzhak Rabin of Israel--Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, on Arafat's left, separated them. To Rabin's right was Tomiichi Murayama, the Prime Minister of Japan. Nelson Mandela...