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...people who make up the fellows program are among the mid-career defense and intelligence officers who show the brightest prospects for top-level command positions. Fellows this year hail from all the armed services except for the Navy, as well as the National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Coming to Harvard represents an alternative to attending a war college such as the U.S. Naval War College in Rhode Island, which is a stepping-stone for career officers with about 20 years of service before attaining the rank of general. The fellows’ role...
...Before beginning the fellowship, Mitchell was in command of the Fifth Special Forces Group, an elite unit within the U.S. Army. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] He has served a tour of duty or at least set foot in Iraq every year since 2003, and for him, coming to Harvard represents a break from shifting overseas deployments. “I tell my army friends I wake up every day and thank god I’ve been given this opportunity,” he says...
...Lieutenant Colonel Darren T. Hansen is a career fighter pilot for the Air Force who flew in Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield. During the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he was in the midst of a staff tour at U.S. Central Command, the agency that oversees operations in the Middle East, and witnessed the development of the American response firsthand...
...excitement.In contrast, the Copland concerto, led by music director James Yannatos, was fluid and evocative. Lowy played with an unfaltering purity of sound, moving seamlessly through all registers of his instrument. His intonation was magnificent, and, unlike most technically advanced performers, Lowy possessed the impressive ability to command his instrument to tell the story. From the beginning, his melodies were wandering and melancholy, impelling the listener to follow every turn.HRO Music Director Dr. James Yannatos again showed his gift for conducting concertos; the swaying strings settled delicately under the clarinet, loyal to Lowy’s nuances. After an extended...
...drama about nothing and everything. Will LeBow is Hamm, the blind leader of his twisted little family, which includes his servant Clov (Thomas Derrah) and immobile parents, Nagg (Remo Airaldi) and Nell (Karen MacDonald), who live in ashbins. Unable to move from his wheelchair, Hamm is at once in command of this bizarre family unit and yet powerless to fully control his own self. What ensues is the daily, almost ritualistic routine of these characters, who move towards no perceivable end other than death and are incapable of escape from the misery of their lives. Andromache Chalfant?...