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But most recently a public-relations smack-down following the abrupt departure of its president-elect has raised questions about the group's future. Joel Hunter, who resigned as president-elect only weeks after announcing his appointment, cast his departure as a clash between a wheezing organization fixated on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Christian Coalition Fights to Stay Relevant | 12/8/2006 | See Source »

In 1961, less than a year after graduating from Harvard College, Michael C. Rockefeller ’60 joined the Peabody Museum’s 1961 New Guinea Expedition as a sound recordist and photographer. Shortly after the expedition, Rockefeller disappeared in New Guinea while on a personal trip to...

Author: By Jeremy S. Singer-vine, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peabody Rediscovers Images of New Guinea | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

You have to admire the economy of Guest's work, his ability to work on a small scale and his deadpan skill at keeping his actors on the emotional reservation - calmly facing down emotional chaos. But what is really terrific about his quietly insinuating work - especially as it flies in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Almost Best in Show | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

...Mifune’s performance perfectly balances traditional Japanese restraint and righteous anger at the deplorable morality both of his business partners and of the ransomers.I hesitate to spoil more of the film, but suffice it to say that Kurosawa makes a definitive statement about whether people are inherently compassionate or selfish.Polanski strings equally palpable tension throughout “Knife in the Water,” a three-person drama about a couple who, out of guilt, invite a hitchhiker who they’ve almost run over out for a day of boating. The anxiety explored in this...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE MCCOLUMN: Films Worth Mulling Over | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

So how did conference organizers get the clerics on board for a conference dedicated to tackling this taboo? Dr. Ihab Kharrat, a consultant with the regional AIDS program UNDP/HARPAS, says one of the most effective methods his organization used to mobilize religious leaders was to to bring them face to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arab Clergy Tackle an AIDS Taboo | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

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