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...Xuela’s decision to shun the love of Roland and chose to marry Dr. Bailey is shocking. Why does such a strong character choose a path of self-defeat? Why doesn’t she choose her happy ending?JK: You say the correct words. A strong character chooses for herself. The point isn’t horrible or not horrible. The point is ‘choose for herself.’ Happiness is very overrated... as far as literature is concerned.10. FM: Your novels often discuss heroines who grow up in a culture of British colonialism...
...tremendous growth of the program, made possible through both generous faculty and donors, is being met with innovative and open thinking about policy changes to the program—which are essential because of how much freshman seminars have historically enhanced the first-year experience.“Word on the street amongst the freshmen is that this is a great way to get started,” said Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67.—Staff writer Bita M. Assad can be reached at bassad@fas.harvard.edu...
...eggs in one basket: the Dewey Decimal System basket. I figured the kind of girl I wanted would hang out at Lamont in the 636s: Animal Husbandry. (For all those nerds who are complaining that Lamont doesn’t use the Dewey Decimal System, two words: magical realism.) Finding no one to saddle up with in the 636s, I moved on and checked out a copy of the “Protestant Ethic” and proceeded to read it as sensuously as possible across from the cutest girl on the third floor. She seemed to be pickin?...
...have endured human-rights disasters and uncountable struggles across these same years, now include many who see clearly that freedom, equality and human rights are universal values of humankind and that democracy and constitutional government are the fundamental framework for protecting these values," states Charter 08, a 4,000-word document that was posted on a U.S.-based, Chinese-language website on Dec. 9. (See pictures of life on the fringe in China...
...term genocide is young in the context of human conflict. It was coined in 1944 by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, who combined the Greek genos (race) with the Latin cide (to kill). Despite its murderous implications, the word, as defined by the CPPCG, does not necessarily always involve the killing of individuals. Genocide denotes crimes committed "with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group." Forced sterilization or other measures designed to prevent births, the removal of children from a group, or conditions of life inflicted on a group to bring about...