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… weapons, it is an unrealistic prospect considering that the genie is out of the bottle. On top of that, despite their incredibly dangerous nature, humanity …
Issue: May-June 2014
Cambridge 02138
… Genocide," I abandoned it. Jonathan Shaw's article " The Great Global Experiment " (November-December 2002, page … plus a slightly cut and lightened and sharpened version of the rest, ought to be sent in packages of five to all … or not, are "zealous" (read: religious), then it is no surprise that many both within and without today's empires find …
Issue: January-February 2003
What Ails Modern Liberalism?
… A central tenet of modern liberal political philosophy is that individuals can be governed only by consent. But both the nature of this consent and the conditions under which it may be …
Issue: November-December 2019
Faculty Faith
… In their early years, many American universities had openly … to the Churches.” But in the centuries that followed, professors began to see their mandate as seeking secular … a quarter are either atheist or agnostic. The numbers surprised them, “particularly given that religion is not …
Issue: July-August 2007
Wealth Inequality: A Harvard Take
… In surveys of wealth-inequality perceptions and preferences conducted by Harvard Business School (HBS) associate professor Michael Norton, respondents always estimate that wealth is more equally distributed in the United States than is actually the case, and say they …
Issue: November-December 2011
Fall Preview
… Football The footballers hope to repeat last season’s winning record … to graduation, 22 return to defend the title. A prospectus of the 2008 season appears at gocrimson.com . Men’s Soccer … first season at Harvard, and first as head coach, with nine of 11 starters returning from a team that went to the first …
Issue: September-October 2008
Submit an Obituary
… Obituaries in Harvard Magazine are free of charge and written by the obituaries editor, Alexandra Grimm. The information you … customarily include the following: (1) date and place of death; (2) a brief summary of career; (3) interests, …
A Harvard Son
… The new Harvard Alumni Association president, Scott Abell … few. Not only did he survive childhood polio, he fought off its crippling effects to become a competitive swimmer, wrestler, and runner (not to mention president of his class) in high school. Still, Abell says, "I was a …
Stone Hall Dedicated
… On a “momentous and historic day…for all of the Harvard Houses,” Quincy House master Lee Gehrke on … top administrators, and donors to the formal dedication of Stone Hall: “Old Quincy” renovated, renamed—for the late …
Ambitions Realized
… During an extended period of construction constraint, as America—and academia—recover … to new levels. Harvard’s two current mega-projects, the last of their kind for a while, are useful reminders of the value …
Issue: May-June 2011
A Rugged Start
… at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island, players from the Rhode Island football team leaped in ecstasy at the final gun, having pulled off the season’s first shocker: a 17-10 win over perennial … whose players, coaches, and fans were jumping for joy—those of the rest of the Ivy League. The defeat at Rhode Island …
Issue: November-December 2017
Nepal in Pictures
… In thousands of photographs taken between 1975 and 2011, Kevin Bubriski has helped document the dramatic evolution of daily life in Nepal, from its years as a Hindu kingdom to …
Issue: July-August 2014
Harvardians May Make Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Shortlist
… All justices on the current Supreme Court have attended law school at either … alumni, one a Law School alumnus as well, are among a list of 25 individuals President Donald Trump has said he will … J.D. ’61, who announced his retirement last week, as of July 31, after 30 years of service. They are: Robert P. …
Skidding
… At first , the message seemed strange. After a 74-63 victory over … out that the Crimson had played competitively with one of the best teams in the country and that they should … in practice, injuries, and matchups—“I wouldn’t be surprised if things were to change again.” Shooting Woes Another …
Yesterday's News
… 1920 The University’s Endowment Fund campaign earns an … $4 million in pledges, prompting President Lowell to speak of an annus mirabilis in Harvard finances. 1925 A survey of seniors’ career plans indicates that only 9 percent plan …
Issue: May-June 2010