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...nature has not changed. Trees will continue to grow in the bomb craters. Children will be born of the tribes targeted for extinction. And on Thursday, Wiesel, a Jewish victim of a German extermination campaign, stood at the gate of the camp that took his father's life, next to the current leader of the nation that once tried to exterminate his people. After speaking, he kissed German Chancellor Angela Merkel on both cheeks...
...test was closely linked to the rogue state’s ballistic missile program, which, combined with its recently revealed nuclear deterrent, constitutes a definite threat to the stability of East Asia and much of the Pacific Rim. And in May, Pyongyang followed up by detonating yet another nuclear bomb. We praised the Obama administration’s reaction to the missile test, and hoped that its firm but measured stance would help the denuclearization process to move forward on the Korean Peninsula.As we turned in our term papers and began to prepare for our final exams, we learned...
...example of this is a fear of telling outsiders that one is from Harvard, the so-called “dropping the H-bomb.” Doing so creates high standards and expectations, and many are not prepared to face potential failure or criticism. As Conan O’Brien described in his Class Day speech in 2000, once one is identified as a Harvard student or graduate, it is even more difficult to make mistakes because the immediate response will be, “Didn’t you go to Harvard?” The high standards...
...April 1996, a 38-year-old Scott Roeder - thought to be the same man - was arrested in Topeka, Kans., after Shawnee County police stopped him for not having a proper license plate. Officers said they found bomb-making supplies in the car: ammunition, a blasting cap, a fuse cord, a 1-lb. can of gunpowder and two 9-volt batteries...
...Saturday night of April 26, 1959, a teeming crowd of more than 10,000 gathered at the Dillon Field House to welcome an intriguing visitor. Long before he was scheduled to speak, concerns were already brewing over audience size, security, and even a failed bomb threat. Even more worrisome than the logistics of the visit was what it represented. Democracy, U.S. foreign policy, and the future of a nation were brought into question. Taking these manifold concerns and questions in stride, Harvard welcomed with open arms the arrival of Fidel Castro: revolutionary, liberator, and, for one night, the center...