Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...HIID plays a vital role at Harvard, both inbuilding links among different disciplines and instrengthening the University's efforts to addresscomplex problems in the larger world," Carnesalesaid. "I am extremely pleased that Jeff Sachs willbe bringing his extraordinary talents and energiesto the leadership of HIID, and I am very gratefulto Dwight Perkins for his highly successful tenureas director of this integral part of Harvard...
...actions of officials at the Institute of Politics and the Kennedy School of Government at a recent speech by U.S. Senator Arlen Specter. These Harvard officials, among them Albert Carnesale, Dean of the Kennedy School, showed an outrageous disregard for the principles of free speech and respect that are vital to our community...
...false accusations against us would take more space than I have in this letter. It is a shame that the The Crimson has chosen to prostitute itself to opportunists seeking an outlet for their frustrations. If some students on campus and at The Crimson fear a vital and active HRC, I have one response: too bad. Jay Dickerson '98 President, Harvard Republican Club
...blacks say he is doing well, while 55% of whites agree. In November 1993, almost four years after his release from prison and five months before South Africa's first democratic elections, Mandela's approval rating among whites stood at a mere 4%. In fact, today Mandela is more vital to white hopes than black, for among whites he is the indispensable man, the Grand Reconciler. Whites look at the economic wreckage elsewhere on the continent and say, There but for the grace of Nelson Mandela goes South Africa...
...year 2003 the annual number of deaths from firearms in the U.S. will surpass the number of people killed in motor-vehicle accidents, thus becoming the leading cause of injury-related deaths. Oklahoma's bombing can provide what educators call a "teachable moment'' -- and just because a vital lesson appears to have escaped Bob Dole doesn't mean others can't learn. Outlawing all guns may be impossible, but continuing the ban on assault weapons should be beyond debate...