Word: cannot
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...jail time, it does not prevent the offender from committing additional crimes, nor does it have much deterrent effect. Permanent disenfranchisement does not even serve the Old Testament call for an-eye-for-an-eye retribution; a system in which the murderer suffers the same penalty as the shoplifter cannot be just. If used at all, disenfranchisement should at least be restricted to time spent in prison, so that ex-offenders would be restored to full citizenship once their debt to society is paid...
Some see a gap between the political movements of a largely agrarian minority in Nigeria and the academic environment of a university in the United States. But as members of the intellectual community in a technological age, we cannot tolerate the silencing of any human being any more than we can tolerate the silencing of any member of the Harvard community...
...Yama Yama Man" and "Serenades for Sex Kittens." In particular, the shop specializes in Jazz, Blues, Classic Rock and "Roots" music. Seekers of Chumba Wumba and Olivia Newton John will have to look elsewhere for their fix of mainstream pop and other musical schlock. A written blurb really cannot do justice to this unique source of hifi records and rare gems of the forgotten eras. The titles undoubtedly speak for themselves: "Music to grow Plants," "Music for the Halfassed," "Polka Encounters of the Honky Kind," and "Music for Washing and Ironing" among others. The bust of Elvis in the window...
...from families not able to pay full freight. I believe it is vital to get alumni support for this effort to secure economic and other diversity in the student body. To my mind, the best way to give young people a chance to escape from situations in which they cannot hope for a shot at professional opportunity and other social goods enjoyed by the members of the middle class is the kind of education offered by Harvard and other colleges of reputation. So that's why, despite some grief, I call classmates from time to time and ask for money...
...proposing that we make all female heroines She-Ra-type characters or eliminate fashion shows, but I am advocating a change of mindset. We cannot expect the change to come only from men, so women must be pro-active. The stereotypes that prevail in the minds of many men will not fade until women call their bluff. This change will not come from the courts or Congress. Instead of bemoaning our situation, women must convince men that we are more than Barbies and that we abhor the Barbie treatment. And men must acknowledge the rueful truth: Barbie is just...