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...book, by James Bradley and Ron Powers, recounts the ultimately tragic tale of six young U.S. Marines who happened to raise a huge American flag atop Mount Suribachi in the midst of the great battle for Iwo Jima during World War II, of how an Associated Press photographer squeezed off what he thought was a routine shot of them doing so that became an iconic image, of what happened to some of those kids (only three survived the next few days of battle) when they were hustled home to be heedlessly exploited by the U.S. government to raise civilian morale...
...showcasing Marglin’s skill both as a Bharatanatyam dancer and a dramatist. But the dances did not only recognize days anciently bygone; old and new Indian dance elements merged for the fusion Kuchipudi-Bharatanatyam dance “Mandari Jataswaram,” performed by dancers from Mount Holyoke University, and “Bharata Natyam & Odissi” (performed by Gayatri S. Datar ’07 and T. Riya Sen ’07). The outstanding stars of the night took the stage after intermission. The second act consisted entirely of a 45-minute Bharnatyam drama...
...Spencer Associates: Coldwater Ridge Visitor Services Center Leave it to Americans to take a disaster that killed 57 people just 13 years ago and turn it into an official federal tourist trap. Fortunately, this center in the blast-zone heart of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument nicely avoids both government-issue banality and hokey log-cabin regionalism. Spencer Associates, based in Palo Alto, California, has created a spectacular glass-covered grand hall, from which one can gawk at acres of ash, lava beds, charred cedar stumps and, eight miles away, the still active volcano...
...committee can’t make faculty appointments, it can’t really mount courses,” says Watts Professor of Music Kay K. Shelemay. African-American Studies provided “a very logical home” for African Studies...
...great hurricane of 1938 uprooted 750 million trees, killed 620 people, and killed 750,000 chickens, among other casualties, Emanuel said. He also noted a variety of other peculiarities in Boston’s weather. The world record windspeed of 234 miles per hour was set at Mount Washington, which is about 100 miles from Boston. A tornado that hit Worcester, Mass. in 1953 killed 70 people in one minute. And in the year 1816, there was no summer. Given New England’s history, a day of snow followed by a day of beach weather just seems normally...