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...Championship Series—wrapped up on May 9—and its as-yet-unscheduled early June appearance in the NCAA tournament. Few other conferences have crowned their champions thus far, so Harvard’s opponent is likely still competing for its own league title against premier competition while the Crimson (27-15) and a handful of other entrants are scrambling to arrange additional games to maintain their playoff edge...
...reported that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao snubbed Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, saying, "Only a country that respects history ... [and] wins over the trust of people in Asia and the world at large can take greater responsibilities in the international community." But China is endangering the economic prosperity of a large part of the earth's people, making itself a pariah state and a joke. Sonam Rinchen Hong Kong...
...were justified as a defense against Jews and communists. There would understandably be a huge uproar across Europe. Japan's wartime atrocities were crimes against humanity comparable to those in Europe, yet they have been below our moral radar. John Butler Kidderminster, England You reported that Chinese premier Wen Jiabao snubbed Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, saying, "Only a country that respects history... [and] wins over the trust of people in Asia and the world at large can take greater responsibilities in the international community." But it can be pointed out with some...
...breaking down the barriers in Harvard’s art world. Last year, he founded Present!, an “ob-literary” magazine-turned-art-collective which Pasternack calls a “life band.” While they do produce a magazine—the premier issue was released last year and there will be a second release this month—the bulk of their activity involves staging “happenings” on campus...
French pay-to-view channel Canal Plus enjoys a reputation as the nation's premier source of TV entertainment, but it has also produced a real-life spy tale worthy of a B movie. Last week former military intelligence agent Pierre Martinet claimed that while working for Canal Plus' internal security unit, he'd been assigned to a secret project designed to smear Bruno Gaccio, lead writer of the channel's popular news parody, Les Guignols de l'Info. Martinet's new book recounts how he shadowed Gaccio for six months in 2002 in what he says was an effort...