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...help. Band Aid has been criticized before for its cheesy tune, and Do They Know It's Christmas? may not be the right question asked of Muslims in Sudan. But my gripe is about the way the song reinforces the popular impression that all Africans are starving as they wait for heroic Westerners to come and save them. In 1984, Do They Know It's Christmas? did a lot of good for the people of Ethiopia, and for that it should be praised. But it also left another, perhaps more powerful legacy: the image of Ethiopia as a land "where...
...come through or else had their subtle shades turned into uniform, mushy blobs. The publisher assures me that a second, superior print will arrive in January but copies of the first have already arrived in chain stores (including Amazon) and will not be replaced. You are advised to wait a while before seeking the book out and to avoid getting it online. Check the indicia for the edition or just give the book a flip-through. This initial snafu shouldn't deter you. "Scheherazade" has much to recommend it both in its variety of artistic styles and the quality...
Stuck on 141 wins for the past five games now, Harvard men’s basketball coach Frank Sullivan will have to wait at least one more in order to make history. The Crimson dropped a 60-52 decision last night to Holy Cross in its home opener, missing another chance for Sullivan to tie the all-time wins record for a Harvard men’s basketball coach...
...sincerely hope that an alcohol education program will be in place next year. But alcohol abuse is a life and death issue. Lives are potentially at stake; a resolution to this situation cannot wait for the next academic cycle. As Harvard-Yale weekend’s abysmal track record shows, something must be done now, something beyond an e-mail from Dean Gross on the dangers of alcohol...
...traditional allies actually stand in Washington's way, having learned from the prewar standoff over Iraq at the UN Security Council that the Bush administration will not be restrained from starting a war by the absence of an international mandate. Instead, they stand back and wait for the U.S. to face the consequences of what they regard as reckless choices...