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...stark choices humans faced during the 1994 Rwandan genocide still rivet us. In this raw retelling, a priest (John Hurt) and a teacher (Hugh Dancy) must decide whether to stay and share the fate of 2,500 Tutsis, including a favorite pupil (Claire-Hope Ashley), who take refuge from Hutu thugs at their school. The tense action and graceful performances allay compassion fatigue...
...money. Money can’t buy me love.” If we wanted to go into teaching, public service, or the arts, we did. Now however, so many young people—especially those whose families are not affluent—have no choice but to rivet their ambitions, their careers, and their very lives in pursuit of the highest monetary return...
...that explores of novel ideas in elementary and secondary education.In a September 1998 interview with NEA Today, the magazine of the National Education Association, Wilson explained his interest in K-12 education.“If your aim is to have an impact on science literacy... you need to rivet your attention on the 46 million students in our public schools, not on graduate students in our universities,” he said.—Staff writer Virginia A. Fisher can be reached at vafisher@fas.harvard.edu...
...with his description of Roberts’ footwear—and with other occasional scene-setting details as well.This is unfortunate. Wright’s subject matter is so powerful and his prose is so elegant that “Harvard’s Secret Court” would rivet its readers even without Wright’s inexplicable outbursts of fiction. UNDER COVEROn May 13, 1920, Cyril B. Wilcox, a Harvard sophomore on the verge of flunking out, gassed himself to death at his family’s home in Fall River, Mass. Over the next few days...
Savage’s nefarious—and perhaps illegal—stunt notwithstanding, his talk at the Brattle tomorrow will likely rivet listeners of all political and sexual orientations. But you might think twice before shaking his hand—especially if you’re a Republican...