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...undergraduates today commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, they will follow in the footsteps of their predecessors who sponsored refugees from Nazi Germany to complete an undergraduate education. Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the 63rd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when captive Jews in Poland’s capital attempted a revolt. As German forces marched through Europe and then attempted to exterminate the continent’s Jews, student pressure here at Harvard eventually caused the University to sponsor the full undergraduate educations of 14 refugees by 1944. Rahel Kestenberg, who fled from Prague, was the first Jewish refugee...
...57th, senior Russ Leino in 58th, freshmen Steve Amrock and Chris Nabel in 62nd and 64th, and junior Tom Gilmore in 65th. In the 20K Free Technique, Burrus finished 54th with a time of 1:00:23.1, followed by Grimeland in 58th, Leino in 59th, and Nabel in 63rd...
...Shag hairdos are perhaps another bit of mounting evidence that North Koreans are chafing under Kim's rule and seeking outlets for individual expression. But as the populace dutifully joined celebrations for Kim's 63rd birthday last week, there was no relief in sight. Instead, Pyongyang watchers believe that Kim was pondering how to perpetuate the rule of his dynasty; they assume that sooner or later he will name a successor to assume the mantle of power he inherited from his father Kim Il Sung...
...Nordic men’s team was paced by sophomore Magnus Grimeland’s 55th-place finish in the 10K Classic, followed by freshman Oliver Burruss in 56th, junior captain Russ Leino in 58th, and freshmen Steve Amrock and Chris Nabel in 60th and 63rd, respectively...
...outdone himself this year. Days before his 63rd birthday this week, his government announced that, as has long been suspected by U.S. intelligence, North Korea has indeed built nuclear weapons "for self-defense." Though the bulletin ended years of speculation about the general state of Kim's nuclear-weapons program, the declaration was actually two blows in one: Pyongyang also announced it was pulling out of joint talks with the U.S., China, Japan, Russia and South Korea to keep the Korean peninsula nuclear-free. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, hoping to play down the news, called the announcement "unfortunate...