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...failed to condemn the suicide attack in Israel during Passover. This approach (also favored, alas, by Iran) actively undermines the Western funding freeze designed to force Hamas to reject violence and recognize Israel. At the same time, the Kremlin-managed energy monopoly, Gazprom, attempts to assert power in a classic, ham-fisted Russian manner—just remember the gas sales to Ukraine last New Year.Although it ultimately failed, the growing ties with the energy-hungry Chinese dragon should make Europeans ever more worried about their dependence on Russian gas. With decreasing levels of democracy and freedom to dissent with...
...Joint Command and Control Warfare Center. Hayden has bachelor's and master's degrees from Duquesne University. His first assignment was in January 1970 as an analyst and briefer at the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. That was a classic Cold War post, and he now will be in charge of helping a glamorous but struggling part of the government adapt to a very different world...
...Harvard’s Arts First weekend, these groups share an unmatched excitement about contributing to Harvard’s artistic tradition.First to perform is Harvard’s oldest a capella group, the Harvard Krokodiloes. This all-male ensemble performs pieces—ranging from jazz standards to classic rock—from the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s. According to music director Thomas K. B. Wionzek ’08, the Kroks “offer a tight sound, classic repertoire, and interesting choreography...
...Tale of Two Cities” for the Sunken Garden Children’s Theater (of which they are also co-presidents)—a troupe that annually performs in Radcliffe Yard’s Sunken Garden during Arts First, adapted from a piece of classical literature for children. This year marks their 10th anniversary. You might be wondering how decapitation could possibly be a suitable theme for children’s theater. Birnbaum, Burkle, and the author of the adaptation, Adam V. Kline ’02, were perfectly aware of this problem and were...
...parody of a satire, addresses the hypocrisy of both Vietnam War supporters and protesters. But his works never leave comedy behind, even if that requires the darkest of humor. His 2002 comedy, “Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge,” tells the classic Scrooge tale, except the ghosts keep showing up at inappropriate times, and Bob Cratchit’s wife is planning suicide. 1994’s “Durang/Durang,” an evening of six short plays, includes a Tennessee Williams-inspired, gender flipping parody, titled...