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...title refers to a scene when an Israeli soldier, pinned down by sniper fire from the surrounding Beirut apartment blocks, leaps up and starts firing his heavy machine gun as he waltzes across a rooftop past posters of murdered Lebanese President-elect Bashir Gemayel. It's a powerful moment, and eerily magnificent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drawing it Out: Waltz with Bashir | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

This Dec. 18 will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the moment when Deng Xiaoping pushed a Communist Party plenum into adopting the first measures that would launch the country into the most extraordinary burst of economic development the world has ever seen. Outsiders have been predicting that it couldn't last ever since. The financial and economic crisis currently plaguing the globe has lead the whole world into unchartered territory. If the likes of Kroeber and Rothman are right, the one thing that could remain constant in a world where nothing seems fixed is China's ability to surprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is China Headed for a Hard Landing? | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

...quarter: ERIC SCHULTZ HAMMERS HART FROM BEHIND AS HE DROPS BACK, CAUSING A FUMBLE THAT'S RECOVERED BY CARL EHRLICH AT THE YALE 13. A huge play by the Crimson's defense at a key moment...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro | Title: HARVARD BEATS YALE 10-0 | 11/22/2008 | See Source »

...long life of the Dalai Lama is, for Tibetans, a profound blessing. But while they might pray to postpone the moment of his passing, the leaders of the Tibetan community are no longer shy about preparing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tibetans Grapple With Dalai Lama Succession | 11/22/2008 | See Source »

...member Martha Armstrong Gray, Dance Director at the Cambridge School of Weston. “But I’d rather see Trisha move than talk.” In hushed tones, Brown alternated between casually speaking about her experiences with dance and enacting those encounters. In one such moment, she started talking about her transition from aerial work on rooftops back to grounded movement. The 71-year-old woman then suddenly got up with a smile. “I’m sorry I’m laughing, but I’m happy...

Author: By Ama R. Francis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LINEAR PERSPECTIVE: Trisha Brown | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

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