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...break down into concentrations according to physical appearance, be warned: even if some imaginative course shopping has convinced you that you are in the wrong department, no concentration switch is a cure for frumpiness. As I ultimately realize every semester, even this shopping week will conclude with the wisdom that we are who we are, and that my past decisions, though perhaps unglamorous, were judicious. In a few weeks, I know the pile of useless syllabi in the corner of our desks will be the only reminder of the lives we might have led, the roads not taken...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences as well as other Faculties have raised grievances about the management of the University. Rather than take Harper’s resignation as a chance to consolidate its power, we hope that the Corporation takes the path of wisdom and chooses someone who will probe weaknesses, ask questions, and champion viewpoints that the other members of the Corporation, all somewhat similar in their backgrounds and orientations, have neglected...
...Education may try to find solutions to the problems raised by Katrina’s destruction of K-12 education facilities. These efforts are also incredibly heartwarming. Any chance for Harvard’s crème de la crème collection of experts to use their collective wisdom and expertise to solve a humanitarian disaster is a chance which must be snatched up before the damage is irreversible. We are happy that Harvard has recognized its place in the national ethical community. And with all of Harvard’s students and staff, we hope for a speedy...
...contends that the public will judge Bush on the future, not the past. "They want to know what happened," he said. "But they're more interested in how we're helping these people get back on their feet." Nonetheless, Bush, whose stump patter often includes a paean to maternal wisdom, is learning the hard way a lesson any mother could have imparted: you have only one chance to make a first impression. --With reporting by Perry Bacon Jr., Timothy J. Burger, Massimo Calabresi, James Carney, Matthew Cooper and Karen Tumulty / Washington...
...will go on existing. Even Hastert knows that New Orleans isn't going anywhere. In the same interview in which he expressed those doubts about the wisdom of rebuilding New Orleans, the Speaker acknowledged the human impulse to stay put. "We build Los Angeles and San Francisco on top of earthquake fissures," he said. "And they rebuild too." Then he offered an explanation: "Stubbornness...