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...would hope that Harvard would honor the commitments that it made regarding divestment from Sudan,” Collins said yesterday when informed of the remaining holdings...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Still Holds Sudan Stake | 1/7/2007 | See Source »

...Watanabe is becoming something of a patron saint of cinematic lost causes. In The Last Samurai, the Japanese actor played the title role as a doomed warrior with nothing left but his honor. He's at it again in his new film, this time as a World War II Japanese officer mounting a last stand against American troops in the critically acclaimed Letters From Iwo Jima. Watanabe, 47, spoke with Time's Michiko Toyama about his role, what it was like working with director Clint Eastwood, and the challenges of being true to the horrors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Ken Watanabe | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...Does the film show that Japanese soldiers are worthy of respect and honor? During the last assault, Kuribayashi said to his soldiers: "One day, our ancestors will console our souls and sing odes to your bravery and shed many tears." There are such lines in the film. But war should not be worshiped or justified. We should always accept the reality of our military past and think calmly about what we can do in the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Ken Watanabe | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...honor guard prepared to carry Gerald Ford's coffin into Washington National Cathedral, you could hear the august music of Hail to the Chief. Inside the church, George W. Bush and three of his predecessors were gathered. But for the moment, there was only one chief who mattered, the man who once helped the nation weather a grievous shock to its system. In his eulogy, George H.W. Bush said it best: "Gerald Ford's decency was the ideal remedy for the deception of Watergate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farewell to a Decent Man | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...Veterans Day 2005, not long after the death toll reached 2,000, President Bush repeated his assertion that "the best way to honor the sacrifice of our fallen troops is to complete the mission." Have these deathly numbers now become omens of even more somber ones to come? The 3,000 mark arrives at a moment when the President is said to be contemplating real change - perhaps even more troops in Iraq. On December 20, Bush said of the war in Iraq, "I believe that we're going to win. I believe that. And by the way, if I didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Lost 3,000 | 12/30/2006 | See Source »

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