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...flashes of lightning." That's how we like our great moments in history to be, surrounded by drama, attended by heroes. By those standards, the process that led to the signing of the Treaty of Rome 50 years ago was almost ineffably mundane - a series of long meetings of forgotten bureaucrats in rooms foul with tobacco smoke. No blood was shed, few memorable speeches made; the heroes were those who could cajole a compromise into being over a hurried coffee, or draft a clause with exactly the right kind of nice phrase that would win broad support...
...finishers will qualify for the second round on May 6, where a few polls even suggest that Bayrou could win. Since the French Revolution, left and right have been locked in a power struggle. Now both are battling to head off a threat from a largely forgotten realm of French politics: the center...
...finally decided to take the hit the other night and sat down to watch “Babel.” (It was good; we can talk about it later.) But I must admit that I’ve largely forgotten the movie itself, largely because of the horribly distracting trailer for “Black Snake Moan,” a film which opened on March 2 and whose concept can be described in one word: epic...
...could be a full-time job, and I just didn’t have that kind of time. After all, I had to pick a concentration and comp The Crimson. The next fall was similar in many ways. We had a few initiatives, a few events, but most had forgotten the referendum. By second semester I had become EAC “historian,” a position usually occupied by retired co-chairs partying away their senior springs. While that period marked a lull in my involvement, I still had non-recycling roommates to berate and sarcastic quips...
...Herodotus himself wrote his Histories “so that the great deeds of men may not be forgotten,” urging Greek unity when, after defeating the Persians, Sparta and Athens were at odds. But just as he is called “father of history,” Herodotus has also been called “father of lies.” Every audience must understand that each historian has an ideological agenda, and this film is no exception...