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...even be a historic imperative. Germany has so far been spared a direct attack by the new generation of Islamic terrorists, but it cannot avoid the universal struggle to balance civil liberties with security. Allegations surfaced recently, for instance, that the former Social Democratic government of Gerhard Schröder deliberately left German-born Turkish national Murat Kurnaz in U.S. custody at Guantánamo Bay despite the absence of evidence against him. Current Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who was Schröder's chief of staff at the time, says he acted appropriately with the knowledge available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Red Ghosts | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...hope that the Harvard community will begin to show some serious concern for the fate of the Iraqi students and faculty whose lives are threatened. It is not a matter of abstract sympathy alone; we have it in our power and our immense resources to help in direct, practical ways.” —Cogan University Professor Stephen J. Greenblatt

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Campus Celebrity Predictions | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...meet did not have a direct bearing on the EISL title this year—Cornell had already snagged first place with a perfect 8-0 league record—but it did provide the Crimson with the opportunity to capture second place and defeat Princeton in its own pool. Harvard has not won at Princeton’s DeNunzio Pool since 1983, and could not break the streak this year...

Author: By Julie R.S. Fogarty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Men’s Swimming Defeats Yale, Falls to Tigers | 2/4/2007 | See Source »

...also convened a summit of museum curators in his Soho studio to help them understand what comics were. And weren't. "Comics are not necessarily trying to do what a Van Gogh on the wall was trying to do," he said. "They aren't the same kind of direct expression. They have something more in common with architectural drawings and set design. They are picture writing that has to function with other drawings on the same page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Mad Need a Museum? | 2/3/2007 | See Source »

...shoulders.The Task Force recognize that its job is not done. Instead of publishing its report and dissolving, the Task Force needs to be an active voice and watchdog, its mission unfinished until FAS treats teaching as a primary, not secondary, responsibility.In an otherwise commendable effort, we have only one direct criticism of the Task Force’s report: It does not fully consider the role of full-time teachers such as lecturers and preceptors. The report does dismiss a dual-track tenure system, which would create one set of appointments only for research and another only for teaching...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A New Direction for Teaching | 2/2/2007 | See Source »

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