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...growing sense of dislocation by appealing to German nationalism and the past glories of Prussia and Saxony. At least 80 local artists and 400 craftsmen have spent four years and $120 million meticulously restoring the Semper Opera in Dresden, which was destroyed in an Anglo-American fire bombing raid in 1945. The famous equestrian statue of Frederick the Great that graced the Unter den Linden until World War II has returned to its pedestal like an old piece of furniture reclaimed from the attic and restored to its proper place. The sudden fascination with Frederick is the subject...
BECAUSE NO CHARACTER in the film can verbalize his thoughts or emotions, the cast relies extensively on token gestures and allusions to convey its message. Sometimes, in the case of the blasting air-raid siren, the allusions are subtle: other times, as in the case of the returning paraplegic soldier from war, the statements are more blunt. In virtually every instance, however, the director weaves this type of commentary skillfully and creatively into the central dance scenes, enabling the film to maintain an artistic symmetry. Even the scenes fraught with tension--potentially sore appendages to an otherwised highly synchronized...
...Britain, the Greenham raid put an end, for the moment, to Western Europe's longest-running antimissile demonstration. Since the summer of 1981, when 50 pacifist women marched to Greenham Common from Wales, the encampment has attracted female protesters from all over Western Europe and the U.S. More than 1,200 protesters have been arrested (average fine: $30) and scores jailed, mostly for obstructing military vehicles and damaging government property...
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the 1969 student takeover of University Hall, an event that shook the Harvard community to its roots and helped change the way a generation viewed education and authority. Television viewers across the nation saw police raid the building at dawn the next day, and students boycotted classes for more than a week in protest. Today, in the first of a two-part series, a look at Harvard then and now Wednesday, a grown-up generation remembers...
...raid on Camp Lejeune by a group of reporters who wanted to show the inadequate security there [NATION, March 12] was an irresponsible attempt by the press to create its own news. Had the editors of the Wilmington (N.C.) Morning Star been sincerely concerned about the welfare of the Marines, they would have informed the camp's authorities about security shortcomings more discreetly...