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...website of the German magazine Stern reported that Josef Fritzl had scores of tenants at his house in the 24-year period but all had to agree never to enter the basement. When some tenants observed that there were knocks emanating from the area, Fritzl would say that the sound was caused by heat and plumbing. Stern also reported that Josef Fritzl had been convicted of rape...
BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, officially launched a collaborative research program with Harvard yesterday. Under the terms of the agreement jointly established by the University’s Office of Technology Development and BASF in October 2007, the German company will provide $20 million over the next five years to support Harvard researchers in areas including the applied sciences, engineering, and chemical and systems biology. “As researchers, we are constantly looking for new, interesting problems to work on,” said physics professor David A. Weitz, who is co-directing the BASF...
...boring. There is a long and venerable tradition of using shock to stir the art-appreciator’s conscience. Surrealist shock-art sought to tear open the subconscious, politicizing the personal realm of Oedipal complexes and bourgeois sexuality. And not all controversial modern ideas are petty and narcissistic. German artist Gregor Schnedier was recently pilloried for trying to bring real death into an art gallery; he has constructed a room for dying and has offered it to anyone who wants to die in a “peaceful” atmosphere. He claims he is interested in changing...
Although they are ostensibly “fairy tales,” the stories of the Brothers Grimm are often comically inappropriate for children. The German brothers removed much of the overt sexuality from their retellings of traditional folk tales, but they seemed to have a soft spot for dismembering their younger characters and feeding them to the wolves. This Saturday, Harvard’s Sunken Garden Children’s Theater will bring twisted Grimm humor to audiences of all ages with their performance of “The Three Spinners.” Choosing a Brothers Grimm story...
...Kristol ’73, a sometimes Harvard lecturer and a new addition to the Times’ opinion page, made the connection explicit in a column titled, “The Mask Slips.” With McCarthyite overtones everywhere, Kristol compares Obama to Marx, quotes a little German, and makes sure to reference San Francisco. The message, though cloaked in academic language, is clear: the real Obama is a German Commie, who showed his true self when surrounded by freaky West Coast liberals...