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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mozart in a production of Pushkin's Mozart and Salieri, and in the play and film Man to Man she was a woman in Nazi Germany who assumes her dead husband's identity. Once, at an airport security checkpoint, she was herded into the men's line. With her short hair and lanky frame she can seem either gender, or the best of both - a super-androgyne with a sex appeal as complex as it is irresistible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Tilda Swinton is the Queen of the Indies | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

...House formal sometime this week, chances are the person you have to thank for playing "Low" right when you want to dance with that girl in the short red dress is none other than Harvard's current DJ of the moment, DJ Straus...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel | Title: DJ Straus Wants To 'Raise Your Standards' | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

...said heavyweight captain and second-varsity four seat Teddy Schreck. “We expected that. [The Bears] proved to be strong, especially towards the end of the race.”The first varsity lightweights turned in a similar performance to the heavies, rowing strongly but ultimately falling short to a familiar foe. Harvard blew past most of the field easily in the Grand Final, with its 5:43.990 showing beating third-place Georgetown by over four seconds. But Princeton, which had dealt the Crimson its only loss of the season on April 25, had Harvard?...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Top Boats Settle for Second in Worcester | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

...trade schemes can do much to mitigate the short-term effects of climate change. But it should be remembered that, although the most salient concern of the legislation in the U.S. is to quickly lower the aggregate amount of emissions with hurting the economy, this should not be the only concern. The moral and cultural dimensions of climate change must be also addressed. The only way up from the global fall from grace is to work together and consider what’s fair and important in the long...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Tragedy of the Heavens | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

...scenario. After meeting to devise their plans, Red team members take hostile actions against the Blue team which must then fashion a response. "Our goal is to stress the blue team," says retired Maj. Gen. Chuck Thomas, a red team senior mentor. In some instances, diplomatic and humanitarian actions short of military force can be chosen as the best option. In others, force may be required. The idea is to draw from all military services and branches of government along with key allied nations to defuse conflicts while causing the least amount of damage. "Each problem we engage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea Invades! (And Other Pentagon War Games) | 5/9/2009 | See Source »

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