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...City in 1967, Gilbert grew up in a musical family; his father Michael Gilbert, his mother Yoko Takebe (a player in the Philharmonic), and his sister Jennifer Gilbert are all prominent violinists. While attending Harvard College, he lived in Adams House and nurtured broad academic interests. Gilbert attempted to major in English, but was unable to complete the requirements in time for graduation. He returned to his original music concentration so late in his career that he claims he was “probably the most pathetic music concentrator ever.” It was in his extra-curricular involvement...
...thriving opium trade, which Jawad said funded many terrorists efforts, must also be curtailed through providing alternative forms of agriculture such as pomegranates. Jawad added that this approach would be more successful than a policy of eradication, which he said would be unrealistic. Though Afghanistan still faces major problems, Jawad said assistance from the United States has proved crucial in improving life there since the Taliban’s ouster. But he added future improvements rely just as heavily on U.S. support. “Success of [this] newest strategy depends on how much resources they can allocate...
...play have a dark side to them that, when it comes out, is a little jarring,” says Sean Delal, a junior at Emerson who plays the cynical new teacher Irwin.Walker offers a similarly dark interpretation of the play’s meaning. “The major themes of the play for me are the fear of disappearing and not making history and the crazy things that people do to not disappear,” she says.In this attempt to make history, the characters of the play go through a multitude of formative experiences. The tension between...
...violence was greeted with revulsion in both the Catholic and Protestant communities and was condemned by all of Northern Ireland's major political parties, both unionist and nationalist...
...sure, Japan has the capacity to renew itself. It has done so twice in modern times, first after the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, when a traditional, closed society modernized so thoroughly that by 1905 it was able to defeat a major European power, Russia, in war; and again after 1945, when a new economy was built from the ashes...