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...some may say it is a matter of personal taste, I feel that FM is acting as a representative of the entire Harvard community in selecting the "15 hottest frosh." Hence, the lack of diversity expressed seems a reflection of a lack of proper representation. Thus the issue at hand is not about personal taste, but rather a reflection of a misconstrued vision of beauty that has left out some of the most beautiful people on campus, whether intentionally or not. I hope that the editors will take more precaution in trying to prevent the perpetuation of the "whitewashing...
...future colleagues, on the other hand, come from heavily corporate backgrounds. Besides Houghton, University Treasurer D. Ronald Daniel is a director at McKinsey & Co. and Robert G. Stone Jr. '45 is chairman emeritus and director of Kirby Corporation...
Even before the results were in from New Hampshire, McCain was raising his game to a more professional level. The freewheeling press salons that used to take place unchaperoned by any campaign aides are now more structured. Strategist Mike Murphy sits at McCain's right hand, playing hall monitor by clarifying positions and editing possible missteps the candidate might make. Murphy is a bottomless pit of tall tales and campaign spin who can spell the candidate from having to provide round-the-clock sound bites and chatter...
...McCain's genius has been to understand that it is precisely this affluence and good cheer that make genuine ideas irrelevant. As the American economy churns and rumbles and sprays money this way and that, a message of ideological consistency would seem like mere pedantry. Reform, on the other hand, is a rubric under which people can toss all their small residual grievances, their nagging unsatisfied wants, whatever they are. Medicare? Gun control? Your failing school? Reform must be the answer. A revolutionary who promises to keep everything essential in place (the tax code, the military budget, the federal pension...
Many view the Golden Globes as a harbinger of the Academy Awards, but others see them as a way for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hands them out, to bestow upon itself a patina of credibility. New York City's Foreign Press Association is among the latter. "It's a pity that they get all the acclaim for being the foreign press association," says the New York group's director, Suzanne Adams. The remedy: a separate celebfest, the Icon Awards, set to debut in New York next year. The group will hand out statues in the fields of movies...