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This is obviously an extreme case. But on a more intimate level, we have an ongoing debate over "diversity" at the College, which is really simply a plea that Harvard students even in their houses make every genuine attempt to experience and understand each other across external divisions...
...they are willing to usher in a new South Africa," he says, "but some of us have serious doubts because they are still talking about group rights. That to us is still apartheid." Even so, black leaders do not want to pass up what could be an opportunity. They understand that De Klerk is not simply going to hand over the government and that a step-by-step process is the only realistic approach. "But if we were to say that publicly," one leader admits, "it would have a devastating effect on our movement. It could demobilize our people...
Ostensibly, Stevens sets out to write an account of his motor trip. But he tells a story that he only begins to understand when it and his journey are all but over. He cannot forget Lord Darlington, dead now three years, the gentleman whom he served for so long. He defends his late master against the initially unspecified "utter nonsense" that has been written and spoken about him since the end of World War II. And he fusses over the attributes that create a "great" butler, finally coming up with a definition that satisfies him: "And let me now posit...
...quick look at the Crimson is enough to understand. Led by Ivy League Player of the Week Char Joslin, Harvard, which has won seven of its last eight games, kept its Ivy record unblemished last weekend with a overtime win over Dartmouth. One of Harvard's four league victories was a 2-1 overtime win over nationally-ranked Penn...
...along. In last night's rendition, the chorus of "I Shall Be Released" became a defiant cry rather than a moving affirmation, and Dylan's spitfire version of "Maggie's Farm" emphasized driving anger rather than Iyric comprehension. In other words, you knew he was mad but couldn't understand what he was saying, Only once in the hour-and-a-half long set did Dylan shed his rough edges, for the graceful acoustic ballad "Most of the Time," as he sang,"I don't even cry/ I don't compromise/ Most of the time...