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Everyday life, love-making and self-definition have long recaptured our primary attention since last fall's elections. Lately, though, when I hear people say, "I'm not into politics," I am curious as to their intent. Whether or not you identify with the political structure of this country and participate in it, as my mentor this past summer, Elisania Nunez, asserted, "Politics is into...
When I slip him a vague query about "business in Harvard Square," he's on to my intent immediately, and offers answers remarkably similar to the ones I heard at Noke's. Except he layers his discussion with economic jargon...
When it comes to the fiscal side of economic policy, Wall Street expects little mischief from the White House and Congress this year. While the budget deficit remains the Street's No. 1 concern, both Democrats and Republicans seem intent on a deal that would achieve balance by 2002. And what investors care most about--the deficit as a share of economic activity--has become a positive comfort to them. The deficit amounts to just 1.4% of gross domestic product, the lowest level since 1974 and a stunning improvement over the 4.7% share it claimed when Clinton took office...
...Prohibition, when a vocal group of activists were able to impose their morality upon the rest of the nation," says Mr. Kwan, implying that the two issues--Prohibition and abortion--are on more or less the same level. Aside from the fact that both movements consisted of "activists" intent on changing the law, I somehow do not see much of a connection. The abortion debate strikes such raw nerves because it is fundamentally about human life and whether or not I or anyone else may arbitrarily decide on it's definition. Prohibition was fundamentally about whether or not people ought...
Surely that outcome cannot be the intent of the university. The fears of actual physical segregation of ethnic groups have already been realized by the status quo. Moreover, the fact that the university officially recognizes both the existence and importance of different ethnic groups begs the question of why it will tolerate and even foster intragroup relations by supporting ethnic groups but not intergroup relations by denying them a center to interact. To argue that such a center will isolate different ethnic groups indicates a lack of understanding of what functions such a center would serve...