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...have evidence to that effect. The philosopher Justin wrote that Socrates said that the purpose of philosophy was to prepare us to die bravely, and when Justin saw illiterate Christians facing torture and execution in the public stadium, he became a convert - and later a martyr himself...
...other. “Any of the flavors here have the same fat content,” he says. “We use the same base.” Baby-crazy females set on getting their fertility fix from Herrell’s can try for a placebo effect with Heath bar or “cookie bar” flavors. A group of Wellesley students at Herrell’s, digging deep into their stores of womanly knowledge, recommends a well-known brand of ice cream from outside the Square. “Ben and Jerry?...
...picking her FAS dean-to-be. She is reconvening a faculty committee formed last year to advise Interim President Derek C. Bok in the search for an interim dean. To our dismay, Faust does not plan to create a twin student advisory committee to advise her. Given the direct effect of the position on College life, however, Faust should actively and formally involve students in the selection of a new FAS dean. Faust is taking some steps to solicit student input. She has hatched an e-mail account to pool individual students’ advice on the dean search...
...Public exposure of its operatives will have a cascading effect. We should count on CIA sources - most of whom are foreign and vulnerable to arrest or much worse - having closely watched the Libby/Plame affair. They now are going to ask themselves, if the CIA cannot protect one of its own, why should it be expected to protect them...
...been joined. Last week, after a one-sided debate, the New York City Council voted for a toothless ban on the word nigger. While acknowledging that the measure was only symbolic and unenforceable, activists and council members practically fell over each other to rail against the word's toxic effect. The ban, of course, will fail, not because it is an unenforceable waste of time, words and taxpayer's money (it's technically a "resolution," which does not require the Mayor's signature), but for the same reasons that other kinds of cleansing efforts have failed for decades: nigger...