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In this time of tragedy and war, many suggestions have been made as to actions the United States should take. Around Harvard Law School, I have heard students advocate such things as withdrawing our support from Israel, going over to the Middle East to "get all the Arabs" and not responding with any violence whatsoever because "an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.
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As shocking as the events of September 11th were, what they suggest about the future is more shocking. Over the next 10 or 20 years, it seems likely that the United States will be the target -- and perhaps the victim -- of a chemical, biological or nuclear attack.
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"So, are you interested?" Fenno asked the hot 1L with the low cut jeans. "Umm ... I would like to see the movie, but ..." "But what? C'mon Monica!" Fenno said. "Umm ... I really need to work on my memo. I'm really trying to get that H out of FYL. Maybe next week?" Fenno walked out of the Harkbox disgusted.
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Do not dismiss L.I.E. for its NC-17 rating or its subject matter of pedophilia in the suburbs of Long Island. If you do, you will be missing one of the most interesting and thought-provoking movies of the year. Named for the road that connects New York City to the suburbs on Long Island, this movie uses the road itself as a literal and figurative representation of the danger and confusion of growing up.
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"No. They already do it and it hasn't worked. Do they propose to harass all Muslims and Arab-Americans and keep them from flying? There are substantive sercutiy measures they can undertake for all passengers without singling out people based on race or religion.
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October 2000 Not wanting to deal with the absentee-voting process in my home state of Illinois, I register to vote in Cambridge. July 20010 I see the first effect of my Massachusetts voter registration -- a summons for jury duty! I groan and accept my fate.
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OK, so law school brings you to Boston for the first time and now you're trying to figure out how to keep yourself from going absolutely manic in between Torts and Civil Procedure. Why not try a little rock 'n' roll? Lucky you -- you've stumbled on one of the more underrated music cities in America, and here is just this critic's sampling of some of the gems it has to offer in October: October 2 -- Wilco (Avalon): After losing ace guitarist Jay Bennett and angrily parting ways with Reprise Records, Chicago's critically acclaimed alternative country-rock-cum-folk-pop powerhouse is at something of a crossroads as they search for a label to release their new work, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
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As a 1L in my first month of law school, I had two big concerns. First, that "thinking like a lawyer" would come to pervade all aspects of my life, even those I don't want it to. An overwhelming barrage of cases, people and law school-connected events could fill my time to the detriment of figuring out what my own perspective is on what we're learning.
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Andrew I don't ever before recall seeing devilled eggs on a restaurant menu. I had always imagined them to be a relic from the 1950s, the kind of thing that nuclear families ate on Sundays. But there they were on the menu at Oleana ($3), under the heading "prêt-à-manger.
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Defending Dershowitz As a recent graduate, I was shocked and somewhat vindicated by the performance of certain professors at the panel discussion (on Sept. 20) of the September 11 terrorist attacks. I was shocked by both poor logic and the failure to acknowledge fundamental truths about the human condition.
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Fogg Art Museum, Sept-ember 1 through December 16, 2001. "You look beautiful like that" is the kind of flattery every woman would like to hear someone coo gently into her ear. "Whatever it is you're doing, baby, you're looking great." The compliment, in this case, comes from an expression in Bambara, the language widely spoken in Mali: i ka nyè tan is what they say to tell you that.