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When President Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, returned to Mother Harvard to accept an honorary doctorate in 1902, he bellowed disapproval at his alma mater. Biographer Edmund Morris tells the story with typically vivid prose: “Harvard, to Theodore, was a temple defiled by mugwumps, who congregated here to exchange the dull coins of anti-imperialism. Roosevelt launched into a stentorian defense of his island administrations and the public servants who sacrificed their careers to help ‘weaker friends along the stony and difficult path of self-government.’” Earlier that...
...Frankly, I thought [the change in swords] was going to be very difficult for Tamara to accept,” Brand said. “However, to my great surprise, she dove right in and worked very hard to become our best female fencer...
...Core has been bemoaned and analyzed more than it has been reformed. Those on both sides of the lectern have come to accept the good with the bad. Despite his complaints, “Samurai” prof Bolitho says he enjoys teaching in the Core because it allows him to access students who have little previous knowledge of his specialty. “I like teaching non-concentrators,” he says. “I don’t want to teach Japanese history to just history majors...
Students aren’t pulling their hair out over the Core. For the most part, Harvard students accept it, flawed and ineffective as it may seem, as a fact of life. Some attempt to genuinely take advantage of its format, while others specifically search for the easiest ways to fufill their requirements...
...Perhaps it already has been: "The question has to be asked," Ashcroft told reporters this week. "Are people going to accept their responsibility to help us prevent additional terrorist attacks or not? And I believe that's everyone's responsibility...