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...trail of bodies that began with the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 continues to lengthen, we need to ask why the attacks keep coming. One key reason is that Osama bin Laden's "achievements" in standing up to the American colossus on 9/11 have inspired others to follow his lead. Another is that American actions--above all, the invasion and occupation of Iraq--have galvanized still more Muslims and convinced them of the truth of bin Laden's vision...
Recent star-hire Niall Ferguson, a professor of history and author of the best-selling books, “Colossus,” “House of Rothschild,” and “Empire,” will teach his first courses at the College next spring, when he will offer both History 10b, “Western Economies, Societies, and Polities from 1648 to the Present” and, with Saltonstall Professor of History Charles S. Maier, History 1965, “International History: States, Markets, and the Global Economy: Conference Course...
...much as any professional historian or Lincoln scholar, the pretend Lincolns show us why the 16th President remains such a colossus in the American imagination. These men are a little freaky, but through their eyes--often set in a hard stare to mimic those dreary 19th century portraits--you get a pretty good view of his legacy...
...what Shad Professor of Business Ethics Joseph L. Badaracco termed a “building renaissance,” including the construction of the Spangler Center, a state-of-the-art neo-Georgian colossus that includes a post office, restaurants, and study space...
...Dimon to deliver the promised $3 billion of annual cost savings from the merger. But by melding his old bank's retail, credit-card and small-business strengths with JPMorgan Chase's investment-banking and asset-management prowess, Dimon has turned what some called Citigroup West into a colossus that can give Citi, as Dimon says, "a run for its money...