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...says. “But either way, 18 to 21, you give the best years of your life to the army.”For young Israelis, military service often takes on a formative personal role akin to the experience many American students hope to find at college, says Shira Kaplan ’08, who served in the IDF for two years.“I had a great time in the army,” Kaplan says. “We lived in barracks. We shared meals and played frisbee. I loved it, I really loved...
...Quadrat ’09, the show integrates ballet, modern dance, vocal artists, and a live orchestra into a massive artistic endeavor. Directors Raymond W. Keller III ’08 and Sarah C. Kenney ’08 of the Harvard Ballet Company have coordinated with music director Shira R. Brettman ’08 to produce one of the most ambitious dance performances at Harvard in recent memory. In most of its pieces, “American Grace” more than meets these ambitions...
...real life.” Meanwhile, students on campus were also celebrating. Roughly 20 HPT members had gathered to watch the show, as they had done every week before. “I think we expected them to come in second place,” said Shira R. Brettman ’07. “But when we saw the final challenge, and it was placing flags, we knew they were the smartest.” Immediately after the airing, Averell rushed to a CBS-sponsored “convention” for fans of the show...
Israel’s attempts to increase tourism to his frustration that the nation’s restraint may be “misconstrued by outsiders as weakness.” An Israeli citizen who served in the country’s defense force before coming to the College, Shira Kaplan ’08, said she thought Ayalon presented Israel’s case well. “He did a good job as a diplomat,” she said. Mishy M. Harman ’08 said he had a special reason for seeing Harman?...
...come out with injuries, heat stroke, broken bones, broken ankles,” he says. Myat San left the army after two years to attend Harvard on a military scholarship. When he returns to Singapore, he plans to complete his term and work for the government for five years. Shira Kaplan ’08, an Israeli, only had to commit two years. She knew from childhood that the army would be part of her life. Both of her sisters served, as do most able young men and women in Israel. “If I hadn?...