Word: vision
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Alexander Nguyen, in "Marketing Diversity" (Opinion, Jan. 30), presents what is in my opinion a seriously flawed vision of the way ethnic groups on Harvard's campus should function. Nguyen asserts that the sole legitimate purpose of ethnic groups on campus is to educate the Harvard community about themselves, and that any events which lack an educational component "undermine" the rationale for the existence of the group...
...really likes people to accept her." But, Dave says, "she's very direct, very sincere, very forthright. I don't think Monica embellishes at all. She loved to get into people's minds, to understand why people do what they do." And she had a kind of vision too. Says Dave: "She was interested in the mystic arts, the higher mind, karma, destiny." Now she's mired in history...
...elderly man develops macular degeneration, a disease that destroys vision. To bolster his failing eyesight, he receives a transplant of healthy retinal tissue--cloned from his own cells and cultivated in a lab dish...
Most lawmakers are focused on a nightmarish vision in which billionaires and celebrities flood the world with genetic copies of themselves. But scientists say it's unlikely that anyone is going to be churning out limited editions of Michael Jordan or Madeleine Albright. "Oh, it can be done," says Dr. Mark Sauer, chief of reproductive endocrinology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. "It's just that the best people, who could do it, aren't going to be doing...
Harrison (daughter of novelist Jim Harrison) is something of an anomaly herself: a mystery writer who's not only literate and handy with a plot but possessed of a voice and a vision as well. Her off-the-cuff eloquence and easy sarcasm remind one of a small-town courthouse wit, loitering on the steps with a cigarette, flipping digs at starchy passersby. Her supporting characters and assorted suspects, from a snippety lady historian to a blowsy, big-boned social worker, aren't merely fictional head shots. They have body. Stuck way out on the windy plains together, their passions...