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...claim that Harvard is devoid of intellectual discussion is to ignore the endless possibilities for debate and conversation that exist within its walls. Before complaining, students should first seek out established discussions venues and make sure they are participating in them as fully as possible. Most of us probably wouldn’t shy away from a heated high-culture discussion, but we shouldn’t be expected to make every dinner conversation about Nietzsche or “War and Peace.” Sometimes we just need to sit down and have an even more heated conversation...
...Afghanistan, British troops confront unrest, devastation and chaos every day, and the vast majority do so with bravery and honor. Most of Britain's contingent is based in the southern province of Helmand. Deployed among a desperately poor population and struggling to bring stability to an area largely devoid of civil structures and institutions, the troops face an insurgency that is fluid and increasingly deadly...
...cost no ticket price—this correlated, not surprisingly, with a sharp drop in box office revenue. Hollywood responded with the jealous petulance you’d expect from any first-born child. Many studios forbade their contracted stars from appearing on television, and the networks—devoid of their own celebrities—were considered little more than a dumping ground (and a source of licensing fees) for stale feature films...
...posing in a flowing red evening gown isn't calculated to enhance the book's credibility, and there appears to have been no budget for original food photography - so the reader is served up stock-house images of congealing soups and stone-cold stir-fries (or so they appear), devoid of context. Then there are the baffling omissions: Asian Palate has nothing to say about Indonesian, Filipino or even Vietnamese cuisine, which with its French connections and global popularity would surely have been a natural inclusion...
...inbox is meticulously organized with about 18 of those color-coded labels, and ridiculously long threads are contained within a single line. I won’t lie—looking at an inbox devoid of unread and unclassified messages gives me a small (okay, large) sense of accomplishment. But now with Google Buzz weaseling its way in right under my inbox, I’m getting nervous about social networking paralysis extending to my Gmail life...