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...film: Zbanic does not resort to graphic violence in order to hint at the atrocities of the war. We see it reflected in the women’s lined faces and the men’s gruffness. We hear about it in songs sung in the school bus and learnt at home—the English title of the film is a line from a song about war-torn Bosnia. The well-used pick-up line “Where have I seen you before?” gets the morbid and somewhat unexpected answer: “At postmortem...
...purpose of college education and Harvard’s struggle to define that purpose. When asked about his educational philosophy, Lewis cited former Harvard President James B. Conant ’14, who said that “education is what is left after all that is learnt is forgotten.” —Staff writer Carolyn F. Gaebler can be reached at cgaebler@fas.harvard.edu...
...right ?fixable problems caused by a lack of concentration in practice. As for this series, "While our personnel might be similar," Ponting writes in his just-released Captain's Diary 2006, "I can assure you we are no longer the same team. We are better players because we have learnt there is no end to how far you can improve, provided you keep on working...
...florid capital letters—I need only pay a $300 “research clearance fee” and then I can begin.Yes, it’s my third consecutive summer in Africa, but, as in any good fable, there’s a lesson to be learnt. I’ve learned plenty about frustrating tales of post-colonial Africa. Try, at least, to conclude gingerly on the scarce, redemptory point:Africa is a continent of many countries. If researching in the archives of one Swahili-speaking former British colony doesn’t quite come...
...Indian government: While preserving existing peace-talks, they must act fast to outthink terrorists. Meanwhile, the Indian people and media need to resist the temptation to provide a religious or nationalistic slant to terrorism before any evidence is collected—I would hope we’ve learnt that lesson by now. Ravi Agrawal ’05-’06 was a Crimson news editor. He is presently eating mangoes and writing at home before tasting the real world starting next month in London...