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...Europe: So What? Start with history. The modern conception of a united Europe was born in the embers of World War II and rested upon the notion that binding Germany's fortunes to those of France and the rest of Europe could end the violence that had regularly engulfed the continent for centuries. Judged by that measure - and notwithstanding the pathetic failure to prevent or quickly end the wars of the Yugoslav succession - the E.U. has worked out fine. For most of that time, its leaders have been happy to concentrate on domestic policies: a single market, a European currency...
...Once upon a hollywood time, talent scouts searched for pretty girls who could read lines, play comedy and sing ... opera. The girlish Deanna Durbin established the recipe in the late 1930s; Kathryn Grayson, who died Feb. 17 at 88 in Los Angeles, perfected it by adding a saucy sex appeal. For more than a decade, from Thousands Cheer in 1943 to The Vagabond King in 1956, she was the leading soprano at MGM and one of its top stars...
...Cameron to name himself King of the Environment. Days before the Academy Awards on Mar. 7 - Avatar is up for nine Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director - a coalition of environmental groups launched a campaign to highlight the movie's not-so-hidden green subtext, and to prevail upon the director to use the awards-show platform to send the world an environmental message. (See pictures of James Cameron's best special effects...
Around this time every year, a crucial question looms over campus. It descends upon uncertain freshmen, who confer and conjecture about it with their blocking groups. It provokes some upperclassmen, hearts aflame with House spirit, to bristle at the smallest slight towards their Houses. Everyone wants to know but claims to know one thing—which of Harvard’s 12 residential Houses is the best...
Freshmen who try to burn boats and call upon spirits in hopes of receiving blessings from the River gods this year will do so at the risk of getting arrested by the police, if plans discussed at yesterday’s Committee on Student Life meeting are carried...