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...Still, Norton presents a solid history of the creation of Hezbollah, the context in which it developed, its current place in the Middle East and the world, and his predictions for its future. For those looking for a background of this prominent group, “Hezbollah: A Short History?? provides a thorough yet terrifically brief 200-page overview. If only more classroom text writers would take a page out of Norton’s book...
...Rather, studying history??like studying literature, philosophy, music, or any of the truly liberal arts—provides real moral edification. The great men and great deeds of the past, equally as much as its tragic figures and catastrophes, testify to the depth and richness of the human experience as much as the poetic fictions of Sophocles and Shakespeare. It is a richness that cannot be conveyed by the simplistic and narrow ideologies which are cloaked by the innocuous-sounding imperative of “global citizenship...
...different types of characters from a lot of different species, different backgrounds, to show that all of these characters, on some level, are doomed, and it doesn’t matter who you are,” says Rich. “Like in [“Mating Throughout History??], the hugely muscular guy gets the girl, but he also is going to die, because he doesn’t have the bizarre genetic mutation that allows him to breathe toxic gas. And the other guy’s going to survive, but he’s going...
...Faculty members spent nearly an hour debating whether to add the word “history?? to the “Culture and Belief” category of the program that could replace the Core Curriculum as early as Fall 2008. The amendment, initially backed by 65 professors, ultimately failed in an 88-68 vote...
...tennis team met with mixed success as it challenged Cornell and Columbia this past weekend. The Crimson had its 32-match Ivy League winning streak snapped with a 5-2 loss to Cornell on Friday—its first defeat to the Big Red in program history??but assuaged this bitter defeat the following day with a taste of victory against the Lions, 6-1, earning its first Ivy League win of the season. Nationally-ranked Penn and Princeton come to town to face Harvard at the Murr Center this weekend, as the Crimson hopes to begin another...