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...under the prologue. In the same vein, self-parodying gags like the announcement of each character’s entrance in the final scene with a spotlight, a theme song, and a pose are wonderfully funny—especially because they play off the tone and conventions of the era??s plays...
Harvard Houses, however, lack anything distinctively “homey” about them—aside from superficial architectural and geographical disparities, each is an equivalent incubator of diversity. Without the self-perpetuating composition encouraged during the pre-randomization era??freshmen jocks and artists, for example, were undoubtedly attracted to the House with the preponderant population of each—House traditions inexorably fade. Any individual character associated with a House, indeed, will dissipate following the inauguration of each new—and completely random—class of freshmen...
...fratricidal Spanish Civil War, waged from 1936 to 1939, was a time of tension and high drama. And through April 24, the Harvard Film Archive is allowing audiences to experience the era??s tragedy and pathos in its series “Franco, Fascists, and Freedom Fighters: The Spanish Civil War on Film.” The film series marks the 71st anniversary of the conflict. Comprised of factual and fictional films, it includes dramatic renderings of the civil war, such as “Pan’s Labyrinth” director Guillermo del Toro?...
...evidence to suggest that Obama may secretly be a Muslim himself. No further explanation is needed, of course, to make us understand that this is “bad.” The way these allegations have been painted, it seems that Muslims are the plague of the modern era??the one enemy in a world of crumbling moral fabric and disintegrating Christian ideals—and that Americans might as well resurrect Saddam Hussein and place him in the White House if they are willing to elect a “Muslim” from Illinois with...
Pinochet successfully rescued Chile from the threat of violent communist revolution, and orchestrated one of the most dramatic economic turnarounds of the era??bringing a country from total economic chaos into immense prosperity. Pinochet’s 1980 constitution was voted on and approved by the people of Chile, and in 1988, after losing elections his constitution instituted, Pinochet ceded the presidency, only retaining his status as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Absolute control of the government had been necessary in the unstable years following the coup, as fierce communist opposition loomed. The disappearances and assassinations...