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Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History By Karl Jacoby Penguin, 384 pages...
...Gist: In the predawn hours of April 30, 1871, a group of attackers ambushed an encampment of Apaches in Aravaipa Canyon, outside the town of Tuscon. 144 people - overwhelmingly women and children - were slaughtered. This much we know at the outset of Shadows at Dawn, by Brown University historian Karl Jacoby. We also know who these attackers were, for the most part: an unlikely alliance of white settlers, Spanish-speaking landholders known as vecinos and members of an opposing tribe, the Tohono O'odham. But rather than tie these four groups' tales together into a standard history of what became...
...fence a really good fencer in my first college meet,” Staller said. “I think it will ultimately help me in my transition to collegiate fencing.”Harvard’s epee fencers were led by freshman James Hawrot and junior Karl Harmenberg, who both went undefeated.The Crimson foil squad pulled out a close 5-4 victory with the help of co-captain Kai Itameri-Kinter, who was 3-0 in his matches.Overall, the Harvard men competed well with two of their best watching from beside the mat.“I thought...
...conversation is at once colloquial and cerebral; “likes” and “you knows” are intermixed in discussions about “ethical commitments” based on race and Karl Marx’s “controversial doctrine.” At only 40 years old, Shelby is one of the younger tenured members of Harvard’s faculty—and his appointment came just nine years after he received his doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh...
...letter to Mukasey is a signal that Democrats intend to probe what critics call the "dark side" of the Bush Administration even after it leaves office, according to congressional sources. Besides the Siegelman prosecution, such investigations could focus on the authorization of harsh interrogation methods and the role of Karl Rove and former White House aide Harriet E. Miers in the firing of U.S. Attorneys...