Word: nostalgia
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...things grow worse at home expect Medvedev and his patron, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, to ramp up the rhetoric in an effort to stir nationalism and nostalgia for Russia's lost empire. But ignore the words and take note instead of what Russia's leaders do. Speech made, Medvedev sent a message of congratulations to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama this week. "I hope for a constructive dialogue with you based on trust and consideration of each other's interests," the message ended. The Russian leader knows that even when he talks tough the likelihood that he can back that...
...lecture as the permanent dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in a crowded Radcliffe Gymnasium, yesterday. Grosz, who is the Radcliffe Institute’s second dean since its creation in 1999, was introduced by her predecessor, University President Drew G. Faust. In her introduction, Faust expressed nostalgia for her own first lecture in which she was introduced by then University President Neil L. Rudenstine. Grosz assumed the deanship of the Radcliffe Institute on an interim basis in July 2007 after Faust was tapped to lead the University as president. In April, Faust announced that Grosz would continue...
...Discovery Channel and Siegfried and Roy), the stark setting and lack of narrative definitely highlights their most obvious talent—live performance. And those who have followed this group since their formative days of indie hair and the bejeweled synthesizer will appreciate the simplicity in technique that evokes nostalgia for the band’s past endeavors. But that’s just skimming the surface. The Killers wouldn’t be the band they are today without a little quirkiness thrown in for good measure. They’ve already ridden tiny donkeys, fallen in love with...
...whole patchwork of messy memory, rooted in warm doughy snacks, wrestling on a sunny lawn, and the hole left when the kids leave for college. Whiteread purposely absents these things, dislocating the dollhouses and drawing together their lines and levels. But placed in the museum, they evoke no nostalgia, only a minor, damp melancholy in a darkened room.—Staff writer Elsa S. Kim can be reached at elsakim@fas.harvard.edu...
...photos of East German nostalgia in Berlin, click here...