Word: 60th
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...took Barbara Hustedt Crook an awfully long time to get around to writing her first musical. She started last year, shortly before her 60th birthday. Her friend and collaborator, Robert Strozier, waited even longer; he's 65. It's not that they didn't have the creative chops for the job. The two have spent their careers writing and editing in New York City, and Crook has a background in performing, singing and piano. But creating a musical always felt just out of reach--until...
...clearly the third and final piece of the program, “Small Dances About Big Ideas.” This piece was commissioned by the Harvard Law School’s Facing History and Ourselves Program, in conjunction with its conference this past week that honored the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials and encouraged analysis of the current state of genocide-related law. The piece combined a wide variety of inputs—including excerpts from music pieces, recorded speeches, and even live narration with a series of danced vignettes that loosely traced the history of genocide from...
...ICTY), Del Ponte shared her experiences prosecuting war criminals—including former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic—with a large gathering of undergraduate and graduate students in the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum. In her first speech to an American university audience, just a month before the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials, Del Ponte discussed how her tribunal attempts to address the unlawful actions of political and military leaders from the former Yugoslavia. Born in Lugano, Switzerland, the 52-year-old Del Ponte rose to the position of Swiss attorney general, investigating connections between Italian drug dealers...
...themselves between the 20th and 50th rankings.Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT, received the highest number of votes, with more than 4,800 out of a total of more than 20,000.The original list featured a range of Harvard notables, including University President Lawrence H. Summers, who placed 60th in the final ranking.Only Sen, who was ranked eighth, landed a spot in the top 10. Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker, Weatherhead University Professor Samuel P. Huntington, biologist E. O. Wilson, who is Pellegrino University professor, emeritus, and Carr Center for Human Rights Director Michael Ignatieff were Harvard?...
...helped the Crimson finish with 237 points—fourth of 44 teams, behind only Boston University, Williams, and Brown. Sophomore Sarah Bourne was second across the line for Harvard, placing 33rd in 18:49. Closing out the Crimson’s top five were sophomore Lauren Walker, finishing 60th in a time of 19:16, sophomore Eliza Gardiner crossing 64th in 19:17, and freshman Jessica Bryant in 72nd place with a time of 19:26. The women’s junior varsity team finished second to Brown and the men’s team finished 13th overall...