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...issue then was whether or not to fight or pay tribute to the aggressive “Barbary pirates,” who were plundering American vessels that could no longer rely on British naval protection. Americans of the time debated the wisdom of aggression as a response to such proto-terrorist tactics, an unresolved disagreement that continues to the present...
...attend Harvard for free, they are required to serve at least eight years in the military upon graduation. “I think of it as a privilege, an opportunity to serve my country.” says Shawna L. Sinnott ‘10, a midshipman in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC). Sinnott is the only freshman participating in the demanding Marine Option of NROTC, and regularly travels to MIT for rigorous morning exercises and training with fellow cadets. In fact, all of Sinnott’s ROTC training is conducted off of Harvard?...
...wartime India, en route to Britain from naval duty, British architect Laurie Baker met Mahatma Gandhi, who challenged him to return after the war to help house India's poor. In 1945, Baker did. Using mud, brick and other local materials, he engineered innovative, exuberant structures, many with pierced brick screens that dappled light and cooled rooms with natural air movement. Baker's low-cost, eco-friendly style, which became known as the "Baker method," inspired an organization of younger Indian architects that has, since the '80s, built homes for more than 10,000 poor families...
Shawna L. Sinnott ’10, a midshipman in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) who plans to join the Marine Corps upon graduation, was honored over spring break after a series of demanding tests in which she answered pointed questions, performed under pressure, and modeled a hot pink bikini...
...happy ending of the 13-day standoff over British naval personnel held by Iran suggests that pragmatists prevailed over more radical elements in Tehran's corridors of power. In snatching the Brits, the Iranian regime's hard-line Revolutionary Guard appeared to be responding to growing international pressure over Iran's nuclear program and the U.S.'s detention of Iranian officials in Iraq. But more pragmatic voices, like Ali Larijani, above right, head of Iran's National Security Council, pushed to resolve the crisis before it escalated and further isolated Iran...