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...seeing past the abstractions and embracing the vast diversity of humanity, and doing it with humility; listening as best you can, not just to those with high positions, but to the cacophonous voices of ordinary people, and trusting those millions of people, keeping out of their way . . . And the word we have for this is 'freedom...
...running for President, and he makes prescriptions that would terrify most politicians. To ease the budget deficits, he calls for higher taxes. On the trade gap with Japan, he recommends the U.S. simply demand that the Japanese reduce the imbalance by, say, 20% a year. Says he: "Take my word for it, the Japanese like to work toward objectives. It's time we gave them one." Iacocca calls for gun control, advocates drastic reductions in federal farm subsidies and backs a mandatory draft for all young men and women (with a public service option...
...think it's true that Mona is one of those people who walks into a party and seems over-whelming and--I don't want to say `untouchable'--I guess `mysterious' is the word," says her roommate of three years, Ameneh Ziai '88, a native of Iran. "But she's one of the most open, kind-hearted people. She's the last person who would judge someone before she knows them," Ziai adds...
...fact that teaching fellows may not beexperts, however, does not trouble John. who findsthe word "expert" inappropriate in academia in thefirst place. "It's not being an expert that'simportant," he says. "A willingness to engage thematerial is what makes the difference in atutorial or a section. That [willingness]translates well to the students and helps themlearn...
...group of us in the class--people who had been involved in social activism over the years--felt that to have a bunch of symposia that were supposed to discuss the problems of the day without ever a word about Harvard's controversies was hypocritical," said James A. Paul '63, one of the alumni who petitioned for this symposium...