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...modern history of the dispute over these islets dates to 1900, when Korea formally declared them as its own. Five years later, the Japanese countered by claiming them as well. In 1910, Japan annexed mainland Korea, making it a Japanese colony for the next 35 years. In the aftermath of Japan's defeat in World War II, the Treaty of San Francisco did not mention the islands in the list of surrendered Japanese territories-a fact that the Japanese use to bolster claims that the islands are still theirs. But in 1952, Seoul declared that the islets were within Korea...
...pathos were delivered with a dismissive eye roll. Even when Richard (Brian C. Polk ’09) is in trouble and speaks about his worries, he fails to recognize his own part in his mishaps, lending these lines a sense of irony. Dressed in modern clothes, Richard and his court (including his wife, played by Julia C. Chan ’05, and various hangers-on played by Emily A. Cregg ’09, Susan C. Merenda ’07, and Zachary B.S. Sniderman ’09) were portrayed as spoiled rich kids, accustomed to experiencing...
...military leaders learn is to shoot people and blow things up,” Hooper said. “I think the students got a good appreciation for the broad strategic knowledge, language, history, philosophy, information management, politics, and economics that are all elements of the education of the modern military,” he added. Hooper stressed the importance of overcoming common stereotypes about armed forces personnel. He said that Harvard students—as future leaders—should understand the “true role of the military in American society...
...produced by Paul D. Franz ’07 and Alexandra M. Helprin ’07, the Classics Club production boasted not only a primarily student-translated version of the Greek text but also new witticisms and pop culture allusions fitted to the modern day. Aristophanes, or any Greek playwright for that matter, might easily be considered dry entertainment for college students on a weekend night. But the Classics Club stupendously jazzed up the 2500-year-old play and had the audience appreciatively guffawing every other minute. It was the drab gray of the past spray-painted into...
...returned to Harvard in 1963. He drew hundreds of students to his course on “The Modern Industrial Society...