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...ensure loyalty and warn of coup plots. However, in 1979, when Al-Bakr proposed a federation with the neighboring Baathist regime of Syria, an agreement in which Syrian President Hafez Assad would become the heir apparent to a united Syria-Iraqi Baathist republic, Saddam acted. Al-Bakr was thrust out of office and Saddam assumed the presidency. In a single day, he had 68 Baath Party members arrested for disloyalty, 22 of whom were later hanged for treason...
...outdone, a beaming Mayne quickly got to his feet and strutted to the microphone. He victoriously thrust his hands in the air and surveyed the audience. “Ladies and gentlemen, I have an announcement to make on behalf of Rupert Murdoch,” Mayne said. “That is the former Sunday Telegraph political correspondent Glenn Milne…sponsored by Fosters.” The crowd erupted in laughter...
...seniors born cool, or do they have coolness thrust upon them? That’s the question we asked former “Most Interesting Seniors” to see if their glory days faded in their final days at college or if they managed to maintain their ability to be interesting individuals beyond Harvard’s gates. One alumnus has managed to mix work and play: meet Caleb I. Franklin ’05, a former Class Marshall who is now trying to get to know the ins and outs of Hollywood. After graduation, Franklin traveled to India...
...reduce me to a set of influences." Yet that's just what Harris started doing in Hannibal and what consumes the current volume. The author tries hedging his bets by writing, in Rising: "He is growing and changing, or perhaps emerging as what he has ever been." But the thrust of the book is to make Hannibal a victim stirred to righteous revenge. By allowing him to be understood, and in this conventional fashion, Harris risks diminishing...
Harvard students may not spend a lot of time in cars around campus, but the upcoming production of Neil LaBute’s play “Autobahn” in the Loeb Experimental Theatre promises to thrust them into the midst of the visceral interactions of daily commutes in Chevrolets, Mercedes, and old Pintos. Contemporary playwright, film director, and screenwriter LaBute is well known for his stark portrayals of human relationships, and “Autobahn”—which runs Dec. 8-10 and 13-16—is no exception. Though the interactions between...