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...London Times satirized the collection by performing its own cuts. Of “Anna Karenina”: “The problem is, thought Anna—her aristocratic brow furrowing slightly under a fabulous new hat—men look so irresistible in uniform! Ditto boots, billowing shirts and moustaches! Hang marriage. Hang motherhood. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a train to catch.” An entire classic in only 42 words! But why stop there? One could follow in the path of Foxtrot’s Peter...
Even if there is no clear and easy solution to the UC mess, as we sit down at our computers to vote this week, we should not allow ourselves to be part of the problem. Christopher B. Lacaria ’09 is a history concentrator in Kirkland House. His column appears on alternate Mondays...
...their involvement in the enormous miscalculation in judgment concerning the party fund is alarming. Relations between the UC and College administrators were only worsened by Petersen’s fiery speech at University President Drew G. Faust’s installation, which alienated many in the University leadership, a problem that will have repercussions into the next UC President’s term. As Willey and Snow have pointed out, Sundquist and Sarafa also come from a UC that is all too often insular and incomprehensible to the average undergraduate. Too many voices are frozen out of the debate. Willey...
...great problem for Obama is that today's black identity is grounded in challenging. This is the circumstance that makes him a bound man. If he tries to win the black vote by taking on a posture of challenging, he risks losing the vote of whites who like him precisely because he does not challenge. And if his natural bargaining wins white votes, he risks losing black votes to Hillary Clinton. Why? Because Hillary Clinton always identifies with black challengers like Al Sharpton. This makes her "blacker" than Barack Obama...
...most basic improvement is its screen: Just like sitting in front of the computer all day, reading on previous e-book readers was a surefire way to get a headache. Kindle’s cutting-edge “e-paper” screen dispenses with the problem, reflecting light the same way as ink on paper. The ability to download books over the Internet directly from the machine (as opposed to connecting to a computer to get new content) also means that getting new books is even easier than using the library...