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...program strikes me as one of the best at Harvard—far more vital than the Core at present, and more attractive both to faculty and to students,” says Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture Rabun Taylor, who taught Freshman Seminar 35s, “Roman Art and Society” in the Fall...
...scythe of scandal continues to cut off the careers and other vital parts of reporters and editors at the nation's major newspapers, those of us who peddle opinions for a living rather than facts are starting to get nervous. When will the spotlight turn on us? Every time another malefactor is exposed, we feel a chill and think we hear the tumbrels roll. We know in our hearts that we are uniquely vulnerable...
...REVIEW OF A RECENT NOVEL OF YOURS SUGGESTED THAT ONE OF YOUR CALLINGS HAS BEEN TO WINNOW THE KOOKINESS OUT OF RIGHT-WING POLITICS. ARE THERE KOOKS STILL IN NEED OF WINNOWING? There are always kooks. The question becomes, Is their strength damaging to the vital and healthy organs of a political movement? The communists took over the American Labor Party. The Birchers did not take over the Republican Party...
...Johnson admits, violence is a vital part of the movie because it helps to satiate audience and societal expectations that the guilty will be punished...
...impossible without the translators, drivers, facilitators and guides whose local knowledge and companionship are indispensable to foreign correspondents working in dangerous places. OMAR HASHIM KAMAL was one such treasure. Omar joined TIME's Baghdad bureau as a translator last April and immediately became one of the magazine's most vital assets, a man beloved by those of us who worked with him as much for his relentless conviviality as for his lightly worn erudition. On the morning of March 24, Omar, 48, was shot four times by unidentified assailants as he drove to work. He died later in the company...