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...connection to mainstream America; they were living in a different country,” Gerson said. “The response from both Democrats and Republicans was underwhelming.” He added that the problem of abject poverty is one the American political system is not geared to fix. IOP fellow Christina Martin, who hosted Gerson at her study group, said Gerson’s visit comes at a time of increasing interest in speechwriting. “Mike’s presence here at Harvard, speaking to students, is a real-life example of the impact one principled...
...posts appear in random positions and different sizes on the board, reminiscent of writings on a bathroom wall. Harvardians itching to make themselves heard without the need for actual speech need only go to the Toscanini’s in Central Square for a fix. “On the surface it seems anti-social,” says Stephen Randall, co-founder and CEO of LocaModa, “but this gives people a way to communicate.” Steven H. An, chief technology officer and co-founder of the company, says that Wiffiti allows people to strike...
...remains to be seen how the Faculty will deal with the structural deficit, which will require a long-term fix, Knowles said...
Long before his run-in with the Malibu sheriff's department, Mel Gibson found himself in a very different kind of fix. Back in 2003, while filming The Passion of the Christ, the devout Catholic director couldn't find a real-life priest to his liking. The problem wasn't that he was shooting in an exotic location - they were at Rome's Cinecitta' movie studio, just down the road from the Vatican. But Gibson had a special requirement that was tough to satisfy even in the eternal city: he wanted his daily Mass celebrated in Latin...
...Ford's Uphill Road Re "Ford: Just Fix the Car" [sept. 18]: as a former Ford Maverick owner who remembers the gas shortages of the 1970s, I was appalled when the first SUVs rolled off the line. I was even more appalled when people started buying them. How could Ford have such a short memory and be so shortsighted at the same time? What is so hard about producing a fuel-efficient car with sleek lines that will go more than 100,000 miles [161,000 km] without falling apart? What is so difficult about being consumer friendly? What...