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...publishes excerpts from that book, titled Beyond Peace. It is a kind of last testament from Richard Nixon. It is a tartly apt critique of American foreign policy. His timing was uncanny. The book arrives just as a welter of post-cold-war crises, from Bosnia to Korea, have thrown American policies into deepening disarray. And, as always, his focus on foreign affairs was designed to draw attention to the area of his presidency in which his accomplishments outweighed his failures...
...anything, It's conservatives at Harvard who have to do all the thinking. The ideas they bring to Harvard are thrown into the crucible of liberalism, attacked by students and professors, challenged at every turn. These attacks force conservatives to refine their views, to think even more carefully about the issues. Liberals, by contrast, do not have their prejudices challenged when they come to Harvard; instead, they are reinforced...
Several people were thrown bodily from thecorridor into the anteroom of the Freshman Dean'sOffice. Richard E. Hyland '69, who chaired themeetings inside during the occupations, was driveninto the room screaming with troopers clubbing hisbody...
Jared K. Rossman says the protests had a greatbearing on his decision to drop out of Harvardduring the 1970s. He became disinterested incontinuing his education at Harvard. Rossman sayshe was thrown in jail during the takeover and wasadvised to seek psychiatric help because he wassinging in his cell...
This season has been a testament to that view. Going into the season, things seemed clear: the Crimson was the clear favorite to take top honors. A week-and-a-half ago, however, any order to the league was thrown out the window: Harvard lost to Princeton, who had lost to Columbia, who had lost to Yale, who had lost to Princeton...