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Last fall, the thematic zeitgeist fell more squarely on the abject villainy of conservative causes and Big Corporations. There was the superheroic-stolidity of Edward R. Murrow facing down Joe McCarthy in “Good Night, and Good Luck,” the conservative lawmakers colluding with the shady oil corporations of “Syriana,” and the political-correctness of “Crash...
...happens, masochism was a theme running through this gathering of people who chose a concentration notorious for its medieval requirements. “The reason that so many of us are interested in torture sort of stems from the oral examination experience,” said Edward L. Widmer ’84. Whatever floats your boat—FM doesn’t judge. Scheduled panelist Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. ’38, whose book “Cycles of American History” was read (or not read) by high schoolers across the nation, was notably missing...
...those surveyed mistook Pellegrino University professor emeritus Edward O. Wilson...
...chairman Representative Joe Barton indicated there was a "good chance" they would pass the pretexting legislation that day - the end of the hearings and the final Congressional session. (Members then left to campaign for the midterm elections and won't return until November.) No such luck. Aides to Representative Edward Markey and Senator Bill Nelson said that late in the day Barton's staff drafted an exception to the bill for "intelligence gathering purposes." The Democrats wouldn't approve it because the exception was too broad and raised too many questions at that late hour, according to an aide from...
...symposium, celebrated History and Literature’s 100th anniversary. The event featured talks and panel discussions with graduates of the program, including New York Times columnist Frank Rich ’71, New Yorker staff writer Nicholas B. Lemann ’76, and former Clinton administration speechwriter Edward Widmer...