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The burly mayor is unlikely to have felt many qualms about confronting muggers. A former schoolmate, talking to Johnson's biographer, described his subject as an "absolute berserker" on Eton's rugby fields. Johnson's career, both in journalism and in politics, has been marked by a fearlessness that not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London Mayor Saves Filmmaker from Mugging | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

But for the founder of this project at least, “Literary History” is the original, thought-provoking, and explicable reference work he had hoped to create so many years ago at the project’s conception.

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Turning Over an Old Page | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

Fathima F. Jahufar ’11, an Islamic Society officer, said that she found the talk to be thought-provoking.

Author: By Jessie J. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Activist Advocates Mideast Dialogue | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

The appointment of Gration was something of a surprise to Washington's Sudan watchers; Gration's own first choice was to head NASA. And as a plainspoken first-time diplomat, Gration hasn't exactly been careful with his choice of language. Before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee in late July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Darfur Activists Frustrated with Obama's Sudan Policy | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

Juergen Boos, the fair organizer, said he was personally angered by mistakes and compromises in the organization and communication of the pre-fair symposium. In response to Mei's statement that China wouldn't be lectured on democracy, Boos wrote on the fair's website that "the Frankfurt Book Fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Troubled Coming-Out at Book Fair | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

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