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...talk about his plans for the College’s music department, said Charles W. Altchek ’07, who had known Antoine since their freshman year at the Horace Mann School in New York, nine years ago. Antoine, who played the violin and piano, had wanted to expand the interaction between the music department and undergraduates, Altchek added. The stress of planning and performing in the Class of 2007’s freshman musical—which Antoine produced—was palpable, according to Daniel A. Koh ’07, who sang in the show...
...America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. And yet Al Qaeda chose to ruthlessly murder these people, claimed credit for the attack, and even now states their determination to kill on a massive scale. They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with...
...later joined Harvard’s History department and co-taught classes with May. Iriye said that as a colleague, he was “not pompous” and treated him more like a younger brother than a junior faculty member.As a noted foreign policy scholar, May helped expand the field beyond its narrow focus on the bureaucrats involved in diplomatic relations, examining the role domestic politics and public opinion play in international relations, Iriye said.May—who spoke a variety of languages ranging from German to Spanish to Russian—also made a point...
Harvard Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood urged the federal government to improve its hiring system in order to attract more talented young workers in a Monday opinion piece in the Washington Times. Ellwood wrote that the government should enhance its recruitment efforts, expand its range of opportunities for talented workers, and improve public management. He also suggested that the government provide more financial motivation to join the public sector, such as through the implementation of programs like the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, where students can receive educational benefits if they commit to working in government after graduation...
When waves of Jewish immigrants arrived in the 1930s, escaping the rise of Nazism and persecution in Europe, Tel Aviv had to expand to accommodate them. Back then, it was the ancient Arab port of Jaffa, with a few Jewish settlements trying to take root in the nearby swamps and sand dunes. Most of the arriving immigrants were young, poor but fairly well educated and idealistic, and Tel Aviv's city planners sought an egalitarian architectural style in sync with the socialistic winds sweeping through Europe. They turned to Bauhaus. Founded in Weimar in 1919, the International or Bauhaus style...