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This year, he says, one of the Cabot MRAs is a student at the Graduate School of Design and took students on a field trip to the Big Dig to explain the design context of the road system...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Room and Board, House Elves Lend a Hand | 1/5/2001 | See Source »

...aware of past attempts against American naval vessels or the de-miners, it is clear that the embassy in Yemen, the Navy and the ship's captain were clearly aware of the threat environment, one that included precedent for attacking U.S. military interests and a national context of violently anti-American groups. The onset of Palestinian-Israeli fighting and Baghdad's renewed efforts to break sanctions should only have heightened concerns...

Author: By John D. Moore, | Title: Lives and Truth at Stake | 1/5/2001 | See Source »

...Bush Challenge: To come up with ways of combating the Bin Laden threat that project toughness without succumbing to the temptation to grandstand. More important, to recognize that Bin Laden's influence is growing in an Arab political context where hostility to the U.S. is widespread, and to begin to address that political problem. The way to beat Bin Laden is to isolate him, which requires active support in the Arab world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Urgent Attention: President Bush | 12/28/2000 | See Source »

...Rhodes, 44 of whom have been fortunate enough to win. In this same decade, U.S. state committees have considered over 10,000 candidates from 350 colleges and universities. That one school's students should fare so well, and do so consistently over time, is truly remarkable in this context...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 12/19/2000 | See Source »

...rare that one encounters such grand generalities as, "He was surprised at how miserable he felt. Far removed from Christian notions of grace and redemption, unfamiliar with the concepts of freedom and compassion, Michel's worldview had grown pitiless and mechanical." Such a statement flounders in the context of a work of fiction, and unfortunately is not redeemed by any breathtaking originality...

Author: By Annalise Nelson, | Title: Ups and Downs in Houellebecq's Strange, Charmed Particle World | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

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