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...brought back memories of my experiences in World War II. I was awarded a Silver Star, but I'm fortunate to have survived for 83 years without having to pay as dearly as Weisskopf has. If he were in uniform, he would have been decorated with the Medal of Honor. Since so many reporters are losing lives or limbs, there should be a special decoration for their bravery. Of course, a medal can't replace the loss of a limb, but it can be a way for the American people to give recognition to reporters who have acted with valor...
...Flags of Our Fathers, the story behind that Iwo Jima image, Clint Eastwood has crafted a bold and meticulous epic. The script, by William Broyles Jr. and Paul Haggis, is faithful both to the honor of young men who became warriors in their country's service and to the tangle of impulses--noble and venal--leading a nation to demand that a war create simple messages and clear-cut heroes. The movie is about the real theater of war: how a battle campaign morphed into a p.r. campaign and, implicitly, how later generations of politicians have used symbols to sell...
Rosenthal always claimed that if he'd composed it, he would have ruined it, because he would have said, "I can't see your faces." It symbolized the whole country being heroic rather than an individual Medal of Honor winner...
...concert was a tongue-in-cheek look at Leonard Bernstein’s youth, this past Saturday’s gala was a profound summary of Bernstein’s catalog.Sanders Theatre was all about Bernstein at the Gala Concert closing out the weekend’s festival in honor of the composer. The concert, entitled “Celebrating Bernstein,” featured Harvard’s finest musicians and performers, along with national talent, performing his diverse works for a full and enthusiastic audience. On the anniversary of Bernstein’s death, this was a chance...
Some believed that the group would become more moderate once in power. That hasn’t happened. By repeatedly refusing to recognize Israel, renounce violence, and honor previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements—the conditions set by the West for restarting the flow of millions of dollars in aid and the transfer of taxes collected by Israel to the Palestinian Authority—Hamas has prolonged the suffering of the Palestinians and showed the world just how extreme it has become...