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...must call a halt to the revolution and begin the Republic!” says the French revolutionary Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles in Georg Büchner’s “Danton’s Death,” which will be performed on the Loeb Mainstage from April 2-10. This Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) production seeks to make accessible the concept of revolution, while still maintaining the play’s original message...
That still might not be enough to save the tuna, any more than driving a Prius will halt global warming while coal-fired factories run night and day in Chongqing. But it might be enough to make serving wild bluefin seem uncool, wasteful and uncreative. Which it is. The Japanese are not immune to questions of style; maybe they will follow our lead out of mere embarrassment. Or maybe they won't. But either way, the loss of a creature that has been living here since before the continents formed won't be on my hands...
...Haiti. He was about to prepare to send the little girl, an American citizen, back home to Miami when catastrophe struck. Annoule was on his way back from his trip to sell used clothing in the southwestern city of Petit-Goâve. His bus came to a halt because piles of dead bodies were blocking the road. "When I saw those bodies, I only thought of one thing - my daughter," says Annoule, 37. "I walked all night, nonstop, from 5:30 in the evening to 10 a.m., to reach...
Last year’s economic crash brought plans for an integrated space for Harvard’s scientists to a skidding halt, exacerbating the University’s at times strained relations with Allston, whose residents have long viewed development plans with skepticism. Though Harvard has committed resources for community improvement, Allston residents are still calling for increased two-way communication to ease the sense of insecurity associated with the construction pause...
...have faulted the University for not being particularly transparent about its plans for future development and the state of its finances, interviews also reflected a sense of optimism that the appointment of the Allston Work Team—a group created shortly after the University announced that it would halt construction indefinitely on the Allston Science Complex and charged with recommending strategies for Harvard’s expansion into Allston—signals a turning point in the University’s on-going relationship with Allston...