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The events of the last two months have shaken many Americans into an awareness of our international position that, to some extent, has been left unappreciated. Prof. Yehuda Lukacs has referred to part of this new awareness as "the cost of the relationship with Israel.
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Ralph Nader's "People Have the Power" tour is coming to Boston this Saturday, November 10, 7:30 p.m., at the Orpheum Theater. The tour is sponsored partly by Democracy Rising, an organization that Nader founded earlier this year to "educate and empower citizens throughout the country.
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TURNING and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.
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I never took off a weekend from studying in college. Not one weekend! I didn't need to find fun on the weekends because I could see no alternative where the enjoyment of the activity would outweigh my stress over not doing work. If there was a night that I did not do work, it was only because I had just taken an exam or turned in a paper.
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Revolutions aren't easy. At Harvard Law School, the electronic revolution has been particularly difficult. The administration's heart is in the right place. It knows that it's time to enter the 21st Century, but it's taken a while for administrators to figure out the right way to move forward.
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"Waking Life," Richard Linklater's latest excursion into the dream world of talky philosophizing types, isn't the masterpiece some critics have been calling it. There is, however, reason behind the raves. Part of it is the lack of good movies playing these days; part of it may be that the questions the film deals with are the big ones -- life, death, dreaming and reality, individual and collective consciousness -- that have gained extra poignancy since September 11.
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Just when you thought you might dig in and work a little, the beginning of winter brings with it the warmth of buzzing amplifiers, over-packed clubs and an absolute embarrassment of musical riches. Here is some of the best Beantown has to offer in November: November 8 -- Alien Ant Farm (Axis) and Better Than Ezra (Avalon): Treat yourself to some good 'ole pop rock! While it's been a while since "Good" brought them mass airplay, Better Than Ezra has kept on keeping on, making great records without all the old hype.
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On the morning of September 12, I began my search for an American flag. Like most Americans, I felt helpless in the aftermath of the attacks and proudly displaying the Star-Spangled Banner was about the only thing I knew to do. Finding an American flag was much harder than I had expected.
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At a ceremony Saturday, a portrait of U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts '72 commissioned by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Alumni/ae Committee was hung in the Caspersen Room of Langdell Hall. Batts, a former professor at the Fordham School of Law, was appointed to the bench by President Clinton in 1994.
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Well into fall interviewing season, law students are expressing concerns about their chances of finding jobs in a weakening legal market, especially in cities like Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles. While discounting many rumors about the weaknesses of particular practice areas, cities and firms, Mark Weber, director of the Office of Career Services, urged students to approach interviews with "cautious optimism" and to view on-campus interviewing as only one method for finding a job.
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The crowd that packed into Langdell North on Monday night had gathered to hear Brandeis' Prof. Anita Hill. What they heard was not a rehash of the Clarence Thomas nomination controversy, but a tribute to Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., one of the nation's first African-American judges and a leader in getting the law to become conscious of race.
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When Larry Flynt first began publishing Hustler magazine almost 30 years ago, he probably had no idea that it would one day qualify him to speak at Harvard Law School. But if the fame and notoriety were unexpected, he sure didn't show it last night at Sanders Theater in Memorial Hall.