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Keith A. Gessen ’97 might have lived the vast majority of his life in America, but, as his book-flap biography points out, he was born in Russia. And though the fact of his birth does not make him a “Russian writer,?...
That conflict, which began in 1808 and pitted ragtag bands of peasants against Napoleon's imperial army, provides the bicentennial occasion for "Goya in Times of War." But in no sense is the show a commemoration of the glories of battle. "For Goya the war was a disaster, a shock...
The remainder of the group returned by bus on Wednesday afternoon to Elim College. The school released brief profiles of the deceased students: Natasha Bray, Floyd Fernandes, Tara Gregory, Huan Hsu, Portia McPhail and Anthony Mulder. McPhail's reads, in part: "Portia was a gentle, kind, mature girl who loved...
MDC officials also warned that government supporters were violently evicting opposition supporters from their homes in Manicaland province. "The violence has now spread throughout the province. It's a disaster, that's how the Darfur crisis started," Patrick Chitaka, the MDC chairman in Manicaland said. "We have reports of systematic...
Barack Obama would no doubt recognize the protest of the defeated Celtic chief Calgacus to the Romans occupying his homeland: “Atque ubi solitudinum faciunt pacem appellant,” that is, “They create a desolation and call it a peace.” The...