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...Harvard affiliate decided to focus on an oft-overlooked muscle group and to give his wrist some, ahem, vigorous exercise last month at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC). Rather than pump iron, this man decided to pump something else—in the men’s locker room. Yes, ndorphins weren’t the only thing released during one post-workout shower...
...title is Hitchcock’s most oft-quoted quip, uttered in response to actors doubting their motivation or studio executives who don’t see the point of a particular scene. The “light touch” of the words is meant to give some perspective. Hitchcock notes in the book’s prologue that the only person on whom the technique did not work was himself...
Beyond the oft-stated academic arguments for divestment, the student coalition will offer emotional statements why they believe in this cause. This highly visible protest will be provocative without being overly confrontational. It is also a much more effective way of getting Harvard to divest than Senior Gift Plus because this protest does not negatively affect uninvolved third parties, namely Harvard’s financial aid program. We congratulate the many student groups which have put aside their differences to stage this protest...
...careful analysts found--agree with it or not--a powerful internal consistency to John Paul's thought, although not along the individual-rights paradigm so central to Western secular social philosophy. His oft-repeated concept of the "dignity of the human person" defined person as a divine creation intrinsically inclined toward God and thus subject to divine laws best enunciated through the church. In his view, that dignity, which commenced at conception, was mortally affronted by contraception, abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty and wounded by war, anti-Semitism and the crushing debt repayments imposed upon poor nations. The pursuit...
Another take-home point has been oft-stated and is especially important to those of us in the state of Florida. Here, because of this case, our legislators are considering a bill that would force each Floridian to submit to the administration of artificial nutrition and hydration if he or she had not expressed, in writing, the desire to refuse such treatment. Advance directives are important. If you don’t have one, get one, even if you are so young that any possibility of death seems remote. Schiavo was only 26 years old when she suffered the cardiac...