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Many American Jews believe that since Israel's disastrous 1982 invasion of Lebanon, a succession of governments has been moving the country away from the liberal, democratic vision of its Zionist founders. "There is alarm and anxiety about Israel's well-being," says Leon Wieseltier, a scholar of Israeli politics...
Carril, 59, knows these things because he has been conducting this particular seminar at Princeton University for 23 years. For lack of a description in the course guide, let's title it Advanced Principles of Human Movement in a Confined and Well-Defended Space. His students call it varsity basketball...
(Editor's Note: The following are excerpts from the diary of a Harvard student who suffers from acute addiction to TETRIS, that bizarre computer game in which you piece together a succession of falling, irregularly shaped blocks into rows. The author of these memoirs wants others to learn from her...
East Germany's Communist Party granted the ultimate concession when its leader, Egon Krenz, and the other nine members of the Politburo resigned last week, along with the entire 163-member Central Committee. Three days later, Krenz stepped down as head of state, a move that left him stripped of...
This adaptations-only rule has been in full force as five song-and-dance spectaculars in rapid succession have reached the Broadway stage. Grand Hotel, which opened last week, and Meet Me in St. Louis are influenced by films that were in turn based on books. Gypsy, which also opened...