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...history. If Germany was to learn from the past instead of trying to forget it, the country would surely be in a far better position. It is widely reported that the far right is on the rise in Europe. By banning these organizations we only add fuel to their fire and, more worryingly, force them underground. Banning reprints of Nazi books only restricts learning about past horrors and is tantamount to Nazi book-burning. Banning gnomes is ridiculous; even the Nazis would not have done that. Neil McLennan, EDINBURGH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fevered Debate | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...secretary of education is on fire. He's running up and down a makeshift basketball court in a Kentucky parking lot and has just executed one of those rare flashy moves that also manage to be completely functional: a behind-the-back, no-look pass to a teammate, who cuts backdoor for an easy layup. Moments later, he drains a fadeaway jumper with an opponent dead in his face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Arne Duncan (And $5 Billion) Fix America's Schools? | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...pharmacology doctoral student from Placerville, Calif. was last seen entering the university lab at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Roughly three hours later, an unexpected fire alarm sounded, and the building was quickly evacuated...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: UPDATE Body Found -- Search for Missing Yale Grad Student Continues | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

...shots on goal.”Harvard kept the game confined to the Bryant circle for much of the first half, but the Bulldogs managed to pull even on an unassisted goal from Elise Boissoneau. The forward received a well-timed pass from Alexandra Czerniak and fired a shot past Crimson freshman goalie Cynthia Tassopoulos. Boissoneau’s first attempt hit off the left post, but she buried her own rebound at 25:41 to tie the score at 1.Although both squads followed with a number of missed chances—at times caused by misfires on the water...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Surging Crimson Offense Scores Four Again in Victory | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

...were working for Australian television networks, believed the attacking Indonesian soldiers would treat them as noncombatants because of their status as international journalists. But shortly after the assault, their bodies were found in a house in the village. Indonesian military authorities said the five were caught in cross fire. Some Indonesian accounts even included extraordinary claims that some of the men had been wearing military-style uniforms and assisting the defending forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aussie War-Crimes Probe over Five Slain Journalists | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

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