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Though the two said they had learned many of these lessons in their coursework at Harvard, they agreed that hearing first-hand accounts explaining the rationale behind hundreds of years of traditional medicine was a life-changing experience...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Health Across the Hemispheres | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...student also noted that, based on first-hand accounts, many people in Iran also do not know what will emerge from the unrest. Unlike the Islamic Revolution 30 years ago when Iranians were eager to depose the Shah, this time around many protesters do not have a concrete goal, says the student...

Author: By Weiqi Zhang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protests Bring Hope, Concern for Harvard's Iranian and Iranian-American Students | 6/21/2009 | See Source »

...Germans from the nearby town to tour the camp. He invited congressmen and journalists to bear witness and ordered photographs and films to be made. And he insisted on viewing every corner of these camps so that - and I quote - he could "be in a position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever in the future there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to propaganda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remarks at Buchenwald Concentration Camp | 6/5/2009 | See Source »

Salute. To commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the National World War II Museum in New Orleans is sponsoring a Victory in Europe tour to Normandy, led by the museum curators and veterans, who share first-hand stories and serve as guides. On the tour, you'll visit London, Normandy and Paris, and highlights include dinner with Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, the son of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. The package is priced per person at $5,550 double-occupancy; the single supplement is $1,150. If you can't get to Normandy, the Nola museum is also running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anniversary Travel Deals, Even If It's Not Yours | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...consequence once it is resolved,” Tenenbaum added. “All subsequent attorneys seeking to either ban or allow Web-casting of their proceedings will inevitably cite the decision reached in this case, whatever that may be.” According to Nesson, giving the public first-hand access to the case would have had immense educational value. “Joel is being dragged into court by arbitrary authorities...If the public was aware of what the recording industry is doing to Joel and others like him, they would be outraged,” Nesson said...

Author: By Marc G. Steinberg and Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Nesson Webcast Motion Denied | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

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