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Dates: during 2000-2009
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While mental trauma and war often go hand in hand, no one has ever quite approached the subject as Jakov Lind does in his novel, “Landscape in Concrete.” The surprisingly entrancing and fantastical story follows shellshocked ex-Nazi sergeant Gauthier Bachman as he tries...

Author: By Jenny J. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Nazi Lost in the 'Concrete' | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

For all the ingenuity in its premise and the ingratiating voice cast, the movie works better as a sci-fi action picture - with some extraterrestrial vistas that come close to WALL-E's in their palette and precision - than as a comedy. That's understandable. As the first of its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monsters vs Aliens: A 3-D Doozy | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

In his analysis, he identified 165 separate points on the monument, and linked them to astrological phenomenon like the two solstices and equinoxes and lunar and solar eclipses. It's a difficult theory to disprove completely and some evidence is persuasive - at dawn on the summer solstice, for example, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stonehenge Theories | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

Sometimes, through the fine lace of period propriety, fire and madness emerged. In one of her first starring roles, as the budding author Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's loony Gothic (1986), Richardson somehow made emotional sense of a young woman who is racked by visions of her stillborn child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richardson: A Star Always Worth Watching | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

Harvard provides myriad artistic performances. However, its not always obvious how culturally diverse these performance groups are.Cultural Rhythms, an annual event organized by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations which took place Saturday afternoon, proved that there is no better manifestation of the talent and diversity of Harvard...

Author: By Samantha C. Cohen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard's Got 'Rhythms' | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

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