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...British Royal Family have long had this reality embedded in their natures, and last week in King Edward VIII's hour of sorest indecision it tipped the scales. He left England as the eldest son who has locked a rattling skeleton in the Empire's closet and thrown away...
...Union we are becoming weaker, in my view because many of us have prematurely thrown in the towel. We, the members, are the Union, and it is our responsibility to each other and to the future security, health, benefit and strength of our work lives at Harvard to turn this thing around...
Things have stepped up a bit here at Harvard, but not by much. We've had more sophisticated shows of singing and dancing (and thrown in some food after-ward) and impressive discussions on race issues in America today, but little else. These things are all virtuous in and of themselves, serving to commemorate and celebrate an all-too-often denigrated people, but where is the historical education? As far as I can tell, the extent of it was green table tents featuring black intellectuals who are admittedly more obscure than the usual famous faces...
They are seen only occasionally, usually hurrying across the Yard and almost always running to reach their next activity. Or they may be scarfing food in the Dining Hall, one foot out of the door, already reading for their next section over a hastily thrown together...
...like to play in front of a packed house. Sometimes over the years we have played better on the road because they have so many fans there," said Higdon, who has endured four seasons of raw fish being thrown at him when playing in Ithaca. "It would be great to have support like that or even just to have fans there...