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According to Benjamin Labwohl '99, the other co-chair of Harvard Students for Israel, the 50 year-old state's significance transcends its role a religious homeland. It is also an important 20th century success story, he says...
When is this triumphant day of spring, the day Massachusetts comes alive? It is the third Monday in April--this year, Monday the 20th. The Red Sox won, the 102nd running of the Boston Marathon brought its traditional crowd and prestige, the area public schools began spring break, businesses observed the state holiday, and numerous college students from Boston University, Wellesley, Tufts and M.I.T. enjoyed the festivities...
...death." In fact, he says, both chemical analyses and a telltale yellow-green fluorescence under ultraviolet light indicate the presence of remains of a slightly different substance: the fluid exuded from blood clots. That substance and its invisible-to-the-naked-eye manifestation, he says, were unknown until the 20th century, so if a medieval artist did create the image, "he must have been a genius...
...last week, in one of those apparent miracles of the late 20th century--like the end of the cold war and the surrender of apartheid in South Africa--some of the awful weight of that Irish history was lifted. The governments of Britain and Ireland and the key political leaders of the warring factions in Northern Ireland, with major assistance from Bill Clinton and former Senator George Mitchell, agreed to replace terrorism with democracy and to let the people of the North decide their own ultimate fate...
...20th century doesn't arrive until after lunch, when the tourists show up like clockwork, each group spending about two hours. Typically, they ignore the town and climb the ruins instead, returning to their hotel in Cuzco to rest before rushing off to see Machu Picchu on the last day of what is usually a three-day tour. All the while they complain of the altitude sickness that often comes with the area's 13,000-ft. elevation. They have seen the famous ruins, but they are probably missing what is still alive in the Sacred Valley of the Inca...