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The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, that secretive band of Pentagon geeks that searches obsessively for the next big thing in the technology of warfare, is 50 years old. To celebrate, DARPA invited Vice President Dick Cheney, a former Defense Secretary well aware of the Agency's capabilities, to help...
Robin M. Worth ’81, a former assistant dean, recounted a story of a student who had “thrown some elbows” on the basketball court and found himself before the dean. Moses’ words on that occasion, Worth said, made a lasting impression...
As Crimson reporters covering the merger, we often found ourselves in Knowles’s University Hall office during the months of secret negotiations. He was a delight to interview: warm and witty, by turns conspiratorial confidant and elusive roadblock, but always brilliant and kind. He had unusual flair for...
That conflict, which began in 1808 and pitted ragtag bands of peasants against Napoleon's imperial army, provides the bicentennial occasion for "Goya in Times of War." But in no sense is the show a commemoration of the glories of battle. "For Goya the war was a disaster, a shock...
Last year, I saw a friend of mine wearing a really nice outfit, clearly dressed up for an occasion. When I asked what he was doing, he kind of dodged the question. It turns out my guy friends had a bet to see how many of them could get with...