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...some listeners, Putin's complaints were eerily reminiscent of the cold war. But as I looked around the conference hall, it struck me that his target audience was not necessarily American but rather more European and Middle Eastern. Like Michael Corleone, Putin aspires to be a businessman. His Russia is an energy empire, sitting on more than a quarter of the world's proven reserves of natural gas, 17% of its coal and 6% of its oil. For geographical reasons, the U.S. is not one of Russia's main customers. But two-fifths of Germany's natural-gas imports come...
...Preston, who hurt his knee during practice on Wednesday but is expected back by next weekend. The Crimson, however, managed to display the depth of its lineup with dominating wins in the middle weight classes to capture three straight victories. Harvard (5-6) improved to 4-3 in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) and 2-1 in the Ivy League. The team will remain at home next weekend to face national powerhouse Cornell along with Columbia and Bucknell before the EIWA Championships commence in March.HARVARD 29, FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 15Without Preston to anchor the top of the lineup, Harvard quickly...
Over the weekend, the Harvard skiing teams traveled to Hanover, N.H., to compete in the Dartmouth Winter Carnival. The Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association Circuit competition featured twelve universities from across the eastern seaboard. The Crimson came away with a ninth-place finish overall with a total of 223 points. With the home field advantage, the Big Green pulled out a narrow victory, finishing first at 756 points. The University of Vermont and Middlebury College came in second and third with 729 and 670 points, respectively. The ninth-place finish marks the third consecutive ninth-place standing for the Harvard...
...book and screenplay simultaneously, a rare feat in the entertainment industry, and released the work last December. While critics were not enthused by the book, the jury is still out on the movie. Set after World War II, the film follows Lecter as he witnesses multiple atrocities of the Eastern front with his sister Mischa. After Mischa is gruesomely murdered—devoured, you could say—by a group of Nazi sympathizers, he is adopted by his uncle and the beautiful Lady Murasaki Shikibu (Gong Li), a foil to Clarice Starling and the love interest for Lecter. Though...
...Katyusha rockets and Kalashnikov rifles, however, weren't on the menu. The Middle Eastern equivalent of the diplomatic rubber-chicken dinner consists of about a dozen Arab courses of grilled meats, hummus, and stuffed vegetables served in a brightly lit hall, male guests outnumbering women by around...