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...Opened in 1816, the Watertown Arsenal was the first major military laboratory in the U.S., employing over 10,000 people at its height during World War II. After the war, the U.S. Army Research and Materials Laboratory used the Arsenal to test the nation??s most cutting-edge artillery systems, transforming it into an advanced research and development facility...
WATERTOWN, MASS.—Just three miles west of Harvard Square on the banks of the Charles River lies the Watertown Arsenal, a former military installation that tested and built the nation??s most complex weaponry systems for nearly two centuries. At one point it was also one of the most contaminated sites in Massachusetts...
...individual institutions, both Harvard and the military have had venerable traditions of acting in the nation??s service. But their best moments have been when they stood together: Memorial Church is our monument to those students that served and died in World War I. The memory of these brave soldiers is poorly served by the bitterness between the two institutions today. Harvard should not challenge the military’s existence—even symbolically—by refusing it access to soldiers. The military should not risk Harvard’s scientific contributions by toying with...
...American Studies and on English Language and Literature Jamaica Kincaid. “I knew right away that it was something that should be read by as many people as possible,” Kincaid said in her introduction to the reading yesterday. “Beasts of No Nation?? was published this year by HarperCollins, and Iweala has toured the U.S., England, and Canada to promote it. In an interview, he said that he may be visiting other European countries when translations of the novel are published. Both The New York Times and the Washington Post have...
...Gyllenhaal breaks out into laughter. The filmmakers also have to contend with a political onslaught that may arise over the simple fact that the movie dares to show a sympathetic portrayal of male lovers. Though the film comes at a time when conservative tendencies are being hammered into the nation??s collective morality, both Lee and Gyllenhaal deny the film is strategically placed. “It’s always important to have love stories,” says Lee. “It’s a timely thing, but it’s not calculated...