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...After calling for “hostile questions” at the beginning of the question-and-answer session, Dershowitz was grilled on a range of issues—including an alleged lack of sympathy for Palestinians and a lack of respect for the former President. Dana A. Stern ’09, president of Harvard Students for Israel, said she was happy with Dershowitz’s style. “He welcomed and solicited challenges from students,” Stern said. “That is much more productive for the ultimate goal of achieving peace, rather...
...that the department is constantly able to attract a steady stream of literary luminaries.In the past, creative writing courses have been taught by literary heavy hitters such as Seamus Heaney. Courses are also taught by members of other departments who have extensive experience in their field. This year Marcus Stern, associate director of the American Repertory Theater, is teaching a screenwriting workshop.The renowned director has found teaching creative writing courses Harvard to be both rewarding and challenging, albeit markedly different from the theater courses he teaches. “It’s a more expansive and in-depth evaluation...
...years, Christopher Hill, the lead U.S. negotiator in the six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea, had sought a Grand Bargain with Pyongyang, only to be frustrated at every turn. Finally, in the early hours of Feb. 13, that changed. Thanks in part to the Chinese, who played the stern taskmaster during the latest round of negotiations in Beijing ("they kept us up very late," Hill later joked), the State Department diplomat was able to return to his hotel shortly before 3 a.m. with a deal in hand. Hill wasn't the only U.S. official consumed by the talks...
Global warming skeptics may be scarce, but they're still being heard. Many have taken refuge in the land of Blog, where they obsessively parse the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sir Nicholas Stern and Al Gore. Although the pendulum of public opinion has swung swiftly and mercilessly away from them, the doubters provide a vital service. They keep the scientists and politicians in check, and are first to smack down the loons who want to shut down fossil-fuel industries. In Australia, the dynamic in grass-roots politics and public policy is toward immediate action...
...Citizens, and the council members who have been flooded with angry calls and e-mails, are fed up with the finger pointing. "We are here because we are in a crisis," a stern council member Oliver Thomas told the pair. "Whatever it takes to work it out - you know, move in next door to each other...