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...Harvard Club of Boston, located in the heart of Back Bay, boasts a lobby lined with dark wood panels. A crimson carpet covers its floor. It is the kind of place that conjures up images of graying men in well-cut suits lounging in leather armchairs, nursing a scotch in one hand and a smoking cigar in the other, all the while discussing politics or stocks...
...military code in history" - but few would call it perfect. In an unusual public ceremony in Seattle last year, the Army apologized for the wrongful convictions of 28 African-American soldiers of the 43 tried in the largest and longest court-martial of World War II. Most of the men were convicted of rioting amid a 1944 melee at Fort Lawton in which an Italian prisoner of war was lynched; two were convicted of manslaughter. A 2005 book detailing misconduct by prosecutors prompted an Army investigation into the trial, and the convictions were tossed out in 2007. Addressing relatives...
...eventually released after three years' house arrest (Calley broke his silence on the massacre last August, saying he was "very sorry" for his actions). The last military execution took place in April 1961, when Army Private John Bennett was hanged for rape and attempted murder. There are currently five men on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (Read a 1971 TIME cover story on William Calley: "Who Shared the Guilt...
...centuries the Swiss kept Rütli Meadow to themselves, and this breathtakingly beautiful greensward, ringed by towering mountains, is still not easy to get to. In 1291, men from three cantons laid the foundations of the Swiss federation there by taking an oath to resist foreign oppressors. Despite this historical significance, there are no roads anywhere near Rütli. But 700 years later, the Swiss, at long last, opened a hiking trail. Known as the Swiss Path, it meanders for more than 30 km around Lake Uri and through the forests and alpine meadows that...
...Indeed, the fact that there aren't many declared candidates for the jobs - let alone debates - also undermines the entire selection process. The three men who are seen as front runners for the presidency - Van Rompuy, Balkenende and Juncker - have all refused to confirm that they are even in the running. On Monday, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski sought to open the process up a sliver by suggesting that the front runners explain their visions for the future of the E.U. and submit to interviews with the heads of member countries at Thursday's meeting, before a selection was made...