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...those who say it makes class divisions a part of the feel-good fund. Supporters tend to cite the warm and squishy feeling one gets for a special gift-giving distinction. “The benefits of century and associate roles mean that the names of the givers will appear in the Harvard College Fund’s annual report, listed as either associate or century givers,” says Senior Gift co-chair Brooks E. Washington ’06. Associates are also invited to an annual social function in major United States cities for all associate-level...
...artificial cinematography. Maybe it’s the compulsive editing. Maybe it’s the way the song samples Dick Dale’s “Misirlou”—the “Pulp Fiction” theme—which just happened to appear in a Nissan Maxima commercial. Of course, it could also be the way Honda Civics are both conspicuously displayed and centrally framed. Coincidentally, both the Civic Hybrid website and the Black Eyed Peas’ website prominently advertise the Peas’ current tour—which is sponsored...
...allies to a disastrous war. I wonder whether Bush & Co. ever go to the many war monuments just down the road from the White House and look at the memorials to a terrible waste of good men. I pray that in the next presidential election, someone will appear who will make the U.S. a respected and honorable country once again. David Landau Peacehaven, England Still Struggling in Kashmir Strangely enough, beauty with brains and guts is what comes to my mind when I think of Kashmir [April 17]. My assumptions about the war-broken land were completely proved wrong when...
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...Despite the bluster of its president, Iran's rulers appear inclined to echo the call for direct talks, having reportedly made a number of discreet approaches and also public statements expressing a willingness to negotiate. Senior former State Department and NSC officials have indicated that Tehran sought, in a message relayed via Swiss diplomats, to initiate talks on all matters of concern to Washington, with the blessing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in mid-2003, but were rebuffed by Bush Administration hawks. Iranian leaders also reportedly made a similar call for secret negotiations on all matters of concern when...