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Most people who remember the glory days of feminism in the 1970s think first of the consciousness-raising sessions, of Betty Friedan and Kate Millett and of Jane Fonda in a shag-helmet haircut. But if you spend much time in galleries and museums, you know that feminist ideas roared through the art world too, at a time when it was even more of a boy's club than it is today. How much more? Until 1986, H.W. Janson's History of Art, the standard college text, did not include a single woman among the 2,300 artists mentioned...
...automatically. The monks got hold of the recipe, originally a health potion, in 1605 but it was so complex they didn't master it for another century. The two monks at La Grande Chartreuse who are each privy to part of the liqueur's formula no longer need to spend their days at Voiron distilling the stuff. Instead, the technology allows the pair to oversee the process remotely via television monitors in their cells. The goal, says Roget, is not to boost production but rather to allow the monks more time for spiritual activities. The monks' vocation...
...belief that Europe stands only if injustice falls and that we find our feet only when our neighbors stand with us in freedom and equality. Our humanity is diminished when we have no mission bigger than ourselves. And one way to define who we are might be to spend more time looking across the eight miles of Mediterranean Sea that separates Europe from Africa...
While the season may be ripe for sunbathing on the beach or going to wild parties, a few among us have decided to spend their breaks volunteering in places like Alabama, New York, and New Orleans. There will be five service trips taking place this month, with about 65 Harvard students participating...
That is not to say that it is not okay to feel good about oneself. Instead, it is meant to suggest that a person should not become self-righteous and feel that he is better than others because he has chosen to spend time serving those in need. The attitude that a self-righteous feeling can be detrimental to the relationship between the visitors and actual residents of the community...