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...frank, measured in tone, inclusive and hopeful. I don't know whether it will be sufficient to stem a racial backlash against his candidacy, but he clearly demonstrated today his capacity to lead public opinion and not simply be a slave to it. Indeed, I would say he appeared wise beyond his years and genuinely presidential...
...took a long nap on the second night so I felt better when I was fencing.” The senior just missed out on qualifying for the final four and a chance at the national title. “It was a really good day for him fencing-wise,” Harvard coach Peter Brand said. “It was one of those situations where if he made the final four, he would have had a good shot at winning because he already beat three of the four semifinalists.” Senior Alexa Weingarden, competing...
...wise man once distinguished between two man versions of “toleration”: one which promotes tolerance as a principle that permits all sorts of divergent and incompatible beliefs but accordingly forbids intolerance; and the other, which sees no reason to privilege any belief, even the objective good of “tolerance,” and puts “tolerance” and “intolerance” on equal moral footing...
...center of this other Africa is Precious, "traditionally built," beautiful, independent and wise - the incarnation of a self-assured continent. But Minghella couldn't find her. "Over eight months, I went three times around a lap of England, the U.S. and Africa looking for an actor to play Precious," he says. "We workshopped it with eight or nine people, some very big stars. I basically gave up." Finally, while trawling YouTube two months before shooting was due to start, Minghella came across a poetry performance by Grammy Award?winning R&B singer Jill Scott, and "saw something...
These racist columns that made their way into a college publication violated that responsibility. Because of this, it was a wise decision on the part of The Campus Press to temporarily suspend the opinion section. The publication is currently under self-examination, and opinions editor Pehrson is in the process of drawing up an opinions policy that will set an “acceptability standard” for content in the future...