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Okyere began living on the Cambridge streets around the time of her twentieth class reunion in June 2001, says Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) spokesperson Steven G. Catalano...
Berlin is fond of remembering itself in the 1920s when it became the cultural center of Europe. The film reels show the Potsdamer Platz of that era bustling with activity, commerce and culture. Can there be a return to that time after what the twentieth century has wrought upon the body and soul of the city? Potsdamer Platz was destroyed during and after the war and became the no man’s land between the walls. It presents the unique opportunity to start completely fresh and to revolutionize the conception of its urban center. To revive the spirit...
...Orwell, who died in 1950, never shrank from the big stuff. "The three great subjects of the twentieth century were imperialism, fascism and Stalinism," writes Christopher Hitchens in his wonderful book Why Orwell Matters. Those were Orwell's topics, and he was right on all of them: able to pierce the hypocrisy of imperial adventures, to warn of the deathly appeal of fascism, and - when many were in thrall to the supposed achievements of the Soviet Union - to state baldly that Stalin was a "disgusting murderer." It is because Orwell was unflinching in his opposition to all the totalitarianisms...
Aware of ancient objects’ national significance, Iraqi governments carefully maintained archeological sites and museums throughout the twentieth century. The National Museum was well supported by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was fond of portraying himself in portraits alongside the ancient King Nebuchadnezzar...
Nevertheless, Craig occupies a prominent place in the New Stagecraft movement in the early twentieth century. For a short period he ran a school promoting his own theories, but it was later closed due to financial failure. Craig also wrote several books, including The Art of the Theatre in 1905 and Towards a New Theatre...