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...latest incarnation of what The Crimson dubbed a “phoenix of a press box” boasts one major advantage over its wooden predecessor: It was built of concrete and would play tough defense against visiting arsonists.WORLD ON FIREThe Harvard Stadium press box was not the only flash point that spring. On April 23, 1981, a 28-year-old Vietnamese immigrant named Nguyen Cheu hurled a Molotov cocktail at Long V. Ngo ’68, who was participating in a University forum on Vietnam. Ngo was unharmed, but the firebomb injured one of the policemen escorting...

Author: By M. AIDAN Kelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vandalism and Politics Bring the Heat | 6/5/2006 | See Source »

...Between these scenes of grey-toned horror we witness flashes of Miriam's life, decades later, fleshed out in full color. Her son has reached the age of being entered into Hebrew school and Katin struggles with whether to send him, "to be with our own kind," as her husband says. "You mean to separate. Again," she replies. These flash-forwards reveal the lasting effect on Miriam, who barely remembers any of the events depicted in the book. For her, leading a purely secular life is the only answer to the atrocities she and her mother experienced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Need for Sensationalism | 6/1/2006 | See Source »

...revealing flash emerged as Costello, projector clicker at the ready, was explaining the Budget to sequestered reporters on May 9. Searching for a word to sum up the changes to superannuation, he thought for a few beats, then settled on "radical." It was Costello looking down the time tunnel; the exact image of the landscape and people out there in 2040 was elusive, but he seemed happy with the shape of the outcome. The moment passed and the Treasurer went back to the script. But radical was a description Costello was burdened with-or guided by-for two decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Like Howard (But Can Do PowerPoint) | 5/29/2006 | See Source »

...falling in love with whichever club suits us best. This freedom means that you will never tether yourself to an eternally hopeless bottom-dwelling club--unless that's your masochistic bent. You can pick a club that squares with your identity--be it gritty and hardworking, or champagne flash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Homage to Catalonia | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

...threat to Apple because of the MTV brand and because MTV closely works with youth-oriented cell-phone carriers like Virgin Mobile USA. When the circle is complete, it won't be an MP3 player that gets synched with your TRL feed, but a phone with 2GB of flash memory. Did somebody say iPhone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Urge Music Service from MTV Networks | 5/17/2006 | See Source »

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