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...students and faculty. And no one is looking for a pardon. Yet, while Norwood’s examples are certainly disgraceful, they are not uncommon to the interwar period, when many American institutions struggled with their relationships with pre-war Germany. The fact that Norwood has chosen to harp on Harvard alone makes his paper smack of opportunism, not the qualities of an honest scholarly attempt to provide accurate historical perspective...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Singling Out Harvard | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

...case thus far. In fact, further studies should be conducted to confirm the exact risks of these antidepressants, as well as their efficacy, which has come under fire as of late. What is missing, though, is perspective, and with it calm and specific deliberation. It is only disruptive to harp on the dangers of antidepressants when they have mended—saved—innumerable lives in the past. Nor is it constructive in any way to sloppily cover all SSRIs under one homogeneous red flag. Factors vary from one SSRI to the next, and have direct bearing...

Author: By Rebecca Steinberg, | Title: The Other War on Drugs | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

...HOGON: A fixture on the Bamako circuit for over a decade, Le Hogon, tel: (223) 223 0760, is managed by the amiable Moussa Yaffa, a DJ who mixes techno with the kora, or traditional harp. The club's best performers include Toumani Diabate, considered the world's greatest kora player, and the 22-piece Symmetric Orchestra, whose complex, swirling melodies are produced by the balaphon (a West African xylophone), djembe, kora and guitars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Traveler: One Nation Under a Groove | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...djembe (African drum) sessions. Friday is griot night when a beer costs only 90?. tel: (223) 675 5933 LE HOGON: A fixture on the Bamako circuit for over a decade, Le Hogon is managed by the amiable Moussa Yaffa, a DJ who mixes techno with the kora (traditional harp). The club's best performers include Toumani Diabate, considered the world's greatest kora player, and the 22-piece Symmetric Orchestra, whose complex, swirling melodies are produced by the balaphon (a West African xylophone), djembe, kora and guitars. tel: (223) 223 0760 DJEMBE: Rough-edged Djembe may have been around longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Nation Under a Groove | 8/15/2004 | See Source »

...production—no one could have doubted that hiring that young director would start a major uprising on part of old Wagner devotees. We move on to other topics—opera productions elsewhere, but also the issues that middle-aged people all over the world love to harp on: why aren’t everyone’s children married yet; detailed descriptions of everyone’s health; the sorry state of politics...

Author: By Alexander Bevilacqua, | Title: Breakfast in Bayreuth | 8/12/2004 | See Source »

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