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...when a physical presence becomes superfluous, such subtle considerations??considerations that made war as much about cultivating our own behavior as about taking out “targets”—don’t play a role at all. And therein lies the danger. Policymakers in their swivel chairs at the Capitol have much in common with children afraid of the dark; the richness of their imagination often outstrips the banality of the reality. The capability of dispatching a robot with no harm to U.S. persons isn’t necessarily a condition for joystick...
...Services will discontinue anonymous HIV/AIDS testing for students, effective August 1. Plans to eliminate this type of screening have been in the works since the beginning of this academic year, according to UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59, who cited underusage—rather than fiscal considerations??as the primary motivation behind the decision. “Anonymous testing has been great, but every year, fewer and fewer people get the testing,” Rosenthal said, adding that Harvard is one of the last Ivy League schools to continue both testing standards. Next academic...
John Updike, “Due Considerations?...
...most prolific writers, Updike also togs up rather nicely. But is he all that different than so many other men posing on the covers of their books? The dust jacket blurb is surprisingly humble until it reaches the end: “Reading ‘Due Considerations?? is like taking a cruise that calls at many ports, with a witty, sensitive and articulate guide aboard—a voyage not to be missed.” How about this for a deal: If I actually finish all 736 pages of his latest book, will Updike give...
...racism and sexism.” We urge the school to adopt this suggestion—and one that it hire a full-time recruiter for minority students. Each time students have made requests, administrators have replied that they sympathize with the suggestions but that “financial considerations?? make implementation impossible. Coming from the K-School, which is growing as fast as any graduate school here and which has raised millions of dollars to support construction of a new building, that excuse rings false. Without an overhaul of the school’s hiring and admissions...