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...suffer from the pandemic—is that those who would arraign the Pope for callous disregard for reality are in fact the ones moralizing in ignorance of the data. Except that they have abandoned a traditional regard for moral virtue and absolute truth in favor of a vain and vacuous worship of freedom...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: The Politics of Condoms | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...three courts. Unfortunately for the Crimson, no one could prevail in three sets.An opening set win for No. 1 Chijoff-Evans proved a false omen when he lost comprehensively to Dean Jackson (6-4, 1-6, 1-6). At No. 2, freshman Alistair Felton battled in vain, going down 1-6, 6-4, 1-6, while No. 3 Omodele-Lucien retired due to injury as San Diego seized the win.For Chijoff-Evans, adjusting to an ‘al fresco’ playing style proved one of Harvard’s toughest challenges of the week.“Some...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Injuries Hamper Crimson Efforts in California | 3/29/2009 | See Source »

...prosecutes. Most days, Rumpole leaves the mansion flat (25b Froxbury Court) that he shares with his wife Hilda (known to him as She Who Must Be Obeyed). It is allegedly one of the clifflike Victorian blocks that line Gloucester Road in west London (you'll look for it in vain). He takes the tube to Temple by the Thames River. It's just a short stroll through Temple Gardens to his chambers in the Inner Temple, a campus of tree-lined courtyards, fountains and gardens where the legal profession has hung out since the 13th century. Visitors can stroll around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sense of Place: London | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

...force and clarity with which Littell renders the physical realities of war and mass murder are simply astounding. His battlefields are the chaotic, deconstructed battlefields of Tolstoy and Stendhal. As for the genocide ... I have searched in vain for a passage I feel comfortable quoting. Suffice it to say that his descriptions of the most extreme forms of human suffering are explicit and precise. This book is not for the squeamish, and if you're not squeamish, it will make you squeamish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Soldier | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...library for a good 15 hours at this point?  Ever since you attempted to ease that hangover with eggs way back during brunch?  Sunday VOIDs can be the ultimate test of one's mettle.   Your efforts will not be in vain, though.  As Nike tells us just in time for the tourney: there are no Cinderellas...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: VOID 3/15/09 O_O | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

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