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...made no sense for the nation he saw around him. Summoning his energy, Kennan dictated an 8,000-word reply to Foggy Bottom, the Long Telegram that became the defining document of the Cold War. The Soviet Union, Kennan explained, looked at the world and sensed danger in every corner. Its reaction would be to seek expansion as a way to guarantee its security. And the solution he proposed became known as containment, the doctrine that dominated the next 50 years of policymaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hu's Visit: Finding a Way Forward on U.S.-China Relations | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...Harvard refused to cave in and simply hand over an easy victory. After freshman Peter Schwartz rifled one past Duke’s Dan Wigrizer for the first goal of his career, junior Dean Gibbons spun right around defenseman Jason Orlando and bounced a shot into the bottom left corner of the goal to bring the deficit...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Duke Blazes by Crimson Under the Lights | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

ATLAS occupies just one small corner of the strange and wonderful world that is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - the circular, 14-mile-underground particle accelerator that promises scientists untold insights into the mysteries of the cosmos. More than 25 years in the planning, with a price tag of about $10 billion, the LHC officially - finally - began smashing protons together on March 30. The goal: to answer the most fundamental questions about how the universe works. (See pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Collider Matters: In Search of the 'God Particle' | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

...Nevertheless, just around the corner from the school is a Protestant church, as well as a Starbucks and a Dunkin' Donuts. For all its recent conservative leanings, Indonesia is hardly in danger of turning into a theocratic state, and the nation's pluralistic underpinnings are something Obama will doubtless celebrate during his visit. Predictably, some hard-line Islamic groups have already gathered across the nation to thrust their fists in the air and chant anti-American slogans. But their numbers, so far, have been limited. What reigns in Indonesia, instead, is waning optimism for Obama's efforts to re-engage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Obama is Disappointing Asia — Even in Indonesia | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...environmental design consulting firm, to assist throughout the project. Atelier Ten has worked on projects at Harvard Business School and has played a role in almost all of Yale’s recent building projects, according to Emilie N. Hagen, an associate at the firm who advised the Northwest Corner project...

Author: By Zoe A.Y. Weinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Northwest Corner Construction Makes Progress | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

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