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Watching the temperature mount in the Potomac Valley, one can see an instructive parallel from more than a century ago, when the South's General Robert E. Lee turned his forces east toward Gettysburg. In his great string of victories, Lee had almost always chosen the ground and the time of battle. But at Gettysburg he found his enemy there ahead of him and in the best position. Lee's stubbornness and his belief in his cause led him to attack despite the caution of those who wanted to slip away and fight the battle on their terms...
...sorry state of the musical has a lot to do with money; new productions frequently cost $2 million or more to rehearse and mount. Even hits can take up to a year to start showing any profit. The financial pressures have all but squeezed out the modestly worthy, mildly popular, moderately profitable shows that used to be the theater's mainstay. Instead, producers look exclusively for blockbusters...
...gift for hospitality. Romans were urged to open their doors, take people in; the government set up thousands of cots in soccer stadiums, the convention center and makeshift tent cities, handed out bottles of water and blankets and pillows that had been stockpiled in anticipation of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius...
...Dance with Me, performed by Korean singer Lena Park and a Japanese band called Chemistry. China also picked up on the good vibes and was making efforts to put aside its long-standing antipathy toward Japan: a group of women climbers from Japan and China arranged to take on Mount Everest together, their ascent supposedly symbolizing that the steep challenges in the relationship between Asia's two great powers can be overcome. Economically, too, North Asia has never been closer: China is now Japan's largest trading partner, and trade between Japan and South Korea is at an all-time...
Michael A. Hill ’02 was the victim of a hit-and-run while crossing Mount Auburn Street, prompting calls for increased safety for pedestrians in the Square. Shira Palmer-Sherman, Class of 2002, died in 2000 after she was struck by a car in the Square...