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...from cocky concert pianist to starving phantom hunted by Nazis after escaping death in the bombed-out ghetto. The film soars briefly as it reflects on the redemptive power of music and the Szpilman’s commitment to survival; it stumbles badly in its misleading depiction of universally heroic Poles and in its sympathy for an officer of Hitler’s vicious army to the east. The Pianist screens...
...heroic young men went first. Others would follow. Some would move on to even greater accomplishments. This is their story, as told from the point of view of participant and event organizer Abraham R. Kinkopf ’04. Zero time...
...Merchant’s legendary night was the epitome of bittersweet—a valiant, heroic charge in a lost battle. The hope of victory and the dismal reality of defeat on Saturday night was a perfect encapsulation of the Crimson’s disappointing roller-coaster season and the tumultuous four-year careers of the team’s four seniors...
...terrible freedom of war - with its rush of animal adrenaline, its wild all-is-permitted, its violent necessities - inverts the moral order. Killing, normally forbidden, is suddenly sanctioned, even deemed heroic. Stakes are high. So is fear. Paranoia drifts on the wind like mustard gas. Disagreement may look like treason. Due process may appear to be an unaffordable luxury. The First Amendment may seem optional. The peacetime fail-safe checks and balances (Congress and courts keeping the presidency honest) may strip themselves down to a military principle - deference to the chain of command, and to the Com-mander in Chief...
...meet your husband? Rumor had it that a bright, slightly older unemployed Cornell dropout had entered my college social sphere. Word had it that he was mythologically attractive and heroic. Just my type. Fortunately my roommate knew him and introduced us and, lucky for him, he had wonderful and refined tastes in women. We connected. It was magical...