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...that it would not substantially harm the College’s prized shopping period. But saying something does not make it so, and Kirby’s terms of description have borne little resemblance to the harsh realities of both preregistration and the departure of Lewis. Kirby would be wise to refrain from such misleading, sadly-transparent doubletalk when making controversial plans in the future. He will only gain the respect of students if he deals with them in a straight-forward manner. As he further outlines his justifications for the consolidation of these offices, he must be realistic about...
...such flawed and flighty people touch us so deeply? The stars who drop in on Clementine come across not as great heroines or guardian angels but more as friends stopping off for a sleepover--the kind of friends who affect us more than any wise man could. Eternal in spite of themselves, they give a sly new life to Cassius' famous assessment in Julius Caesar, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings." --By Pico Iyer
...need to make sure we’re loud enough and wise enough to make [a land swap] beneficial to us,” she said. She added that the tenants hope to meet soon with representatives of the Boston Redevelopment Authority—the agency which oversees all building in Boston—to discuss tactics for making their voices heard during Harvard-Charlesview negotiations...
...persuade Kirby to reconsider preregistration before putting it up to a vote. The undergraduate community stands in their debt. In spite of their words, the proposal might well have passed at a full Faculty meeting in April. But they caused Kirby to rethink whether such a vote would be wise...
...Amos] has been and continues to be the consummate teacher: available, approachable, knowledgeable and wise,” Mekalanos said in the e-mail. “Members of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics are forever grateful that we can say that Harold Amos has been our advisor, colleague, teacher and friend...