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...friend of my grandfather’s who had also served in the pacific theater during the Second World War. The marine made his way up to the platform slowly. Everything about him suggested that it would not be very long until he too would be the subject of a eulogy: his slow gait, his strained voice, and his palpable age all gave the impression that this was a friend who knew he would be saying goodbye for only a short time.His began by noting that “Everything we have heard here today is true. John...
Some of them feel the same about Big Love. The church banned polygamy in 1890 and regards it as a source of wife and child abuse. The church is concerned, says spokesman Michael R. Otterson, about the show's "making polygamy the subject of entertainment." But Scheffer says, "This show is not really about polygamy, in the same way that The Sopranos is not really about the Mob." Except that Tony Soprano only has one family at home--to handle three, that takes real guts. And a little blue pill...
...production, with Eastwood directing. Shortly thereafter, the project began to elicit an uncommon, almost obsessive, interest from its director. He has not often attempted fact-based movies, and he had never undertaken one that contained such huge combat scenes. He began to read more widely and deeply on the subject. And he began talking to both American and Japanese veterans of Iwo Jima, which remains the bloodiest engagement in Marine Corps history and the one for which the most Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded (27). As for the Japanese, only about 200 out of 22,000 defending soldiers survived...
...worth of computer programming in one afternoon!” declared the contest’s release. Although the Harvard participants said the contest, which is sponsored by IBM, is well known in the field, they added that they were motivated primarily by an interest in the subject matter. Team member Sasha Rush ’07, who competed last year as well, described the experience as “intense.” He added, “I find the problems pretty interesting. It’s a really good feeling when...
...coming weeks and months, it is crucial that these priorities remain central; otherwise, the coherent vision that the committee has long labored to craft will be lost amidst the chaotic competition of individual faculty interests.The committee’s recommendations strike a difficult but effective balance between stressing subject matter over the “methods” of the Core Curriculum while simultaneously emphasizing flexibility in course selection above all else. A common refrain from critics of the Core has been that Harvard students can fulfill distribution requirements by taking very specific classes (a class on the Cuban Revolution...