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...great that Harvard is trying these [turbines] and seeing what can happen” said Spring Greeney '09, a former co-chair of the Environmental Action Committee...
...With the U.S. bogged down in Iraq, and both China and South Korea adamantly opposed to military action by Washington, the U.S. eventually found itself with little choice but to talk seriously to Pyongyang. The appointment of Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State in the second Bush term and Christopher Hill as the chief U.S. negotiator brought in a team that was intent on a deal and willing and able to push the neocons to the side to get an agreement...
...Kinsley says affirmative action was designed only to overcome the inequities of race. But the concept has also been justly used to benefit other disadvantaged groups, such as women and the handicapped. There is still a place for affirmative action if those who benefit are as qualified as other applicants. We must continue to extend the helping hand of compensatory justice to those who deserve it. Harvey Fenigsohn, Worcester, Mass...
...Class Should Not Be Dismissed In his essay on affirmative action, Michael Kinsley argues that class distinction is a social problem we "currently don't have much of" [Aug. 25]. What about so-called legacy college admissions, preferential scholarships, cronyism and hiring practices that often involve far fewer than six degrees of nepotistic separation? I would suggest consulting those at the bottom of the ladder before consigning the problem to the dustbin. Lane R. Garland, Winder...
...Class War Michael Kinsley is right to condemn affirmative action based on social class [Aug. 25]. This proposal is a logical extension of the compassionate but misguided urge to reward human inadequacy and punish achievement so as to achieve an egalitarian leveling of success in life. From childhood we learn to try to behave in ways that will be rewarded and avoid behaviors that will be punished. Class-based affirmative action would perversely ensure that this value system was turned upside down. American greatness was built by honoring the natural order, which rewards competence and punishes failure. Reversing this order...