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...those who want to understand the course of contemporary Europe, the primary material is almost too copious and familiar; it takes a gifted historian to shape it into something fresh and coherent without sacrificing the details. A new book, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, by New York University professor and frequent commentator on European affairs Tony Judt, does just that. The tome weighs in at a doorstopping 878 pages, yet it offers a brilliant and compelling synthesis of the past 60 years - a period we think we know all too well. The history of the modern era doesn...
...part of a program to quell the violence by peeling them away from al-Zarqawi. "The fault line between al-Qaeda and the nationalists seems to have increased," says Ambassador Khalilzad. Here's an inside look at how those splits have started to emerge, how they are redefining the shape of the insurgency in Iraq--and why the U.S. is now turning to some of its old enemies...
...capella concerts, political discussions, House formals, and intramural sports matches. They won’t forget that the value of the UC is determined not by how many bills it passes or by how many events it throws, but by how many students it enables to shape their own social and extracurricular lives...
...individual matches by perfect 3-0 scores. Sophomores Supriya Balsekar and Jen Blumberg, playing at No. 3 and No. 4, both swept their opponents, as did junior No. 5 Audrey Duboc, and sophomore No. 9 Emily Stork. “We’re all in great shape,” Fast said, “so we were working on technique, and placement of the ball.” Junior No. 2 Kyla Grigg, the second-ranked intercollegiate player in preseason rankings, won 3-1. The only loss came at No. 8, where junior Sarah Thorndike fell...
...elected, I imagine that I will ask Harvard to let me back,” Ignatieff said. “I love teaching here, and I hope I’ll be back in some shape or form...