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Heed the commanders on the ground, Bush told lawmakers, but that plea was chilled by the testimony in another hearing room. The war's icons spoke in person and from the grave, honored and pitied as heroes and pawns. Jessica Lynch was no "little girl Rambo from the hills of West Virginia who went down fighting," she told the lawmakers investigating what families are told about how soldiers die. NFL star turned Army Ranger Pat Tillman had not died a hero under enemy fire, his brother Kevin said, but died by friendly fire. And in both cases, the chain...
Chibli Mallat, a candidate for the Lebanese presidency, spoke at Harvard Law School last night not to gain support for his electoral aspirations, but to deliver an academic address on Middle Eastern governance...
Responding to questions from the audience, Mallat spoke in support of federalism, saying that it is “one of America’s most important contributions” to governmental structure...
...South Asian authors spoke to students last night about being Indian immigrants and incorporating their experiences into their fiction. The South Asian Association hosted writers Rishi Reddi and Pradeep Anand, two authors who recently published narratives drawing from their personal histories. Reddi, whose short story “Justice Shiva Ram Murthy” appeared first in the “Harvard Review” and later in the 2005 edition of “The Best American Short Stories,” began the discussion with a disclaimer. “I have to say I feel like...
...through their last round of problem sets and paper drafts of the semester, another Einstein expert was on campus to weigh in on the innovative mind of the renowned physicist. Walter S. Isaacson ’74, former chairman and CEO of CNN and managing editor for Time Magazine, spoke about Albert Einstein, the subject of his most recent book, “Einstein: His Life and Universe,” at the Institute of Politics’ John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum yesterday evening. Isaacson, who currently serves as president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, told a packed...