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...what happened but their society has never engaged in the type of introspection common in Germany after the Holocaust. Carefully worded official apologies have landed far short of the five-star kowtow demanded by Beijing, senior Tokyo officials occasionally deny atrocities and just last April a new government-approved textbook written by right-wing groups downplayed the wartime brutality visited on civilians...
...Only minutes earlier, Harvard solidified its solid first-half play with senior forward Charles Altchek’s eighth goal of the season, tallied in the 35th minute.On the play, midfielder Brian Charnock crossed a precise ball into the box to Altchek. After controlling the ball, Altchek led a textbook give-and-go with midfielder Nicholas Tornaritis, passing out of the box to Tornaritis who dribbled past a defender before rocketing the ball back to Altchek for the one-timer past the outstretched arms of the Dartmouth keeper.“We’ve been working on that [give...
...there is something eminently practical about a bag that is as large as a rolling suitcase that you would take on a heritage trip to Malaysia. First of all, you can stuff all types of odds and ends in it, like your “Cosmic Connection” textbook. You can also wear huge sunglasses with an Olsen-like assurance. These things are certainly important, but they are also combated by severe drawbacks, such as never being able to find your I.D. card when it is torrentially raining or being able to turn off your phone while...
...09ers, each of them one rhetorical flourish away from disproving at least one major theorem, Mankiw’s axioms inspire me against my will. “Economics… will help you understand the world in which you live,” according to the class textbook, and “make you a more astute participant in the economy.” How true it is. So inspired am I by my new way of looking at the world, I have eagerly applied it to one of my keen interests, drugs, and—to be matter...
...content of the field. Yet “Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions,” by Professor of Physics Lisa Randall ’83, adds a whole new dimension to physics—figuratively and literally. This informal textbook argues that the universe has more than the traditionally recognized four dimensions. Randall proposes that our physical reality is simply a slice of space, a “membrane” or “brane,” in a higher-dimensional bulk. She argues that the root...