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...sophomore class spends a year falling into all the hidden traps and sinkholes of Harvard College, from which first-years are gently steered clear by prefects, concentration advisors, deans and their own prudence or trepidation. Juniors, having somehow managed to extract themselves over the summer, now cautiously avoid these pitfalls of their own accord. The sophomore class spends a year discovering that no one at Harvard College really cares whether they fall...
There are those who are extremely bright and cool, with the capacity to teach you and learn with you, but whom you’d ordinarily not consider because you don’t see them as life-mates. Drop this attitude; just avoid making promises that you don’t intend to keep. These people are all around you. Start considering them...
Okay, I’m getting ahead of myself. The truth is that even if you screen potential dates carefully, avoid the turnips and put aside your fear of rejection, you’re in for your share of romantic frustration. That’s the nature of the game. So how can you keep from letting break-ups ruin your life...
...imposed a curfew in 26 cities around Gujarat, but more trouble is on the way - Thursday's violence came during a state-wide general strike called by local Hindu nationalists; the strike call has been extended nationwide for Friday. Observers believe the only way for the authorities to avoid further bloodletting will be via firm action to prevent the organization of mobs...
...collision course with an activist core constituency of his own party. It may be easier, right now, for a government with Hindu nationalist credentials to crack down on extremists than for one with no connection to the movement. But whether or not India can avoid a new round of violence that challenges its very identity may now depend on the extent to which Vajpayee is prepared to stand up to the movement that helped carry him to power...