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...Weisskopf's tale of losing a hand in Iraq and his struggle to understand his ordeal was one of the most touching pieces of journalism I have read in many years. In the troubled Middle East, such a story is all too familiar. People are too eager to enter into wars that solve no problems, and the results are devastating. Let's hope that the world's problem solvers can lead us to a different, peaceful path for the future of this planet and its people. Lillian Cohen Kfar Monash, Israel...
...passing of years helps us to understand what it was that happened long ago - as we could not when we were caught up in all its immediacy. Much as an artist is able to do when he[an error occurred while processing this directive] distances himself from the familiar, so time enables us to look back at what once confused us, until all becomes clear. Well, maybe. There are episodes whose meaning, no matter how many times you turn them over, just won't be pinned down. Whatever it was that happened in Hungary 50 years...
...Sounds familiar: a few big plays, a couple of questionable calls, another disappointing loss. The no. 15 Harvard football team (5-1, 2-1 Ivy) lost to no. 21 Princeton (6-0, 3-0) Saturday at Princeton Stadium in front of 16, 284, after a combination of controversial calls from the officials and Crimson coach Tim Murphy swung the momentum into Tiger hands for good. In last year’s 27-24 defeat, it was a poor fourth and one decision by Murphy, this season late in the fourth quarter Harvard led 28-24 on a Princeton third...
...stress that builds up after long hours on the water or in the erg room.During one fall practice, lightweight varsity coach Charley Butt chided Benkreira about his blade work in the water. Butt implied that the pushing and pressure of the blade in the water should be familiar to Benkreira, since he experienced a lot of pushing and shoving in high school.Benkreira immediately turned to Butt and retorted, “Charley, kids at my school had guns.”But Benkreira’s influence on the team is not limited to mere comic relief...
...acted in a play every semester that she has been at Harvard. This semester, however, Ritchie is tackling a new aspect of the stage—that of directing. I’d done tech directing and costume design and various other jobs with shows, and the more familiar I got, the more I thought I’d really like to try putting together my own show. Ritchie’s directorial debut is Oscar Wilde’s play “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” which she discovered last year...