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Much has changed since that dark moment in history, but modern Turkey, beholden as it is to the Young Turk perpetrators and in spite of the light of historical perspective, still refuses to admit the taint on its history and clings to dramatic understatements of the death toll. Turkey cannot continue to deliberately avoid dealing with the disturbing facts of its history. Other countries have stared their genocidal demons in the face, and the fact that they have done so is a sign that they have moved past a dark era in their history...
...Pelosi has pointed out, “there’s never been a good time” to draw Turkey’s ire over this issue. Furthermore, a modern nation yearning to join the European Union ought to make peace with its past. If President Bush can claim that acts of genocide will never occur “on his watch,” surely he should not shy away from recognizing one for the sake of political expedience. We are also disappointed that leadership of the recognition of the Armenian genocide has largely been left to politicians...
Dining at Harvard used to be a classy experience. Very little about the Harvard of 2007 recalls the glory of our college’s more genteel days. Once resplendent, Harvard’s dining halls have surrendered the patrician in favor of the high-tech and the modern. Those tempted to doubt the completeness of the transition need look no further than Harvard University Dining Service’s (HUDS) recent purchase of 13 flat-screen televisions and accompanying interactive digital kiosks...
...extensively with Japanese art around the world, saw a Web site featuring Takeuchi’s work after he had a solo exhibition in a small museum. She was immediately struck by its beauty, as well as its emotive possibilities. “I like very clean, very sophisticated, modern ceramic sculptures,” she said. “But I can also feel the emptiness of the pieces. They’re not just modern-looking.” Takeuchi describes his work as following two different philosophies: “munashi...
...giant Three Gorges Dam across China's Yangtze River has been mired in controversy ever since it was first proposed 88 years ago by Sun Yat Sen, the founding father of Modern China. In 1992, when Chinese Premier Li Peng submitted a proposal for the dam to China's normally pliant parliament, the National People's Congress, it ran into serious opposition and ultimately passed with the smallest margin in the legislature's history...