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...jury investigating the leak of the identity of a covert CIA operative. Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, who heads the two-year-old investigation, believes that Libby lied about how he learned-then shared with reporters-the identity of Valerie Plame, a covert CIA operative who is married to Joseph Wilson, a former diplomat who has been fiercely critical of the Bush Administration's claims about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. "Mr. Libby gave the FBI a compelling story," Fitzgerald said in a press conference. But that story "was not true. It was false ... and he lied about it afterwards...
...Othello. As the first African-American actor to take the role of Othello in over a century, Paul Robeson won a twenty-minute standing ovation and made his 1943 Broadway show “the most important Shakespearean production of the century,” according to Frank Wilson, the curator of this exhibit, which features photographs and documents surrounding Robeson’s Othello. Pusey Library. Free. Through Jan. 13, 2006. (LEB)Silver and Shawls. This exhibit highlights shawls and silver tableware produced in India during the late colonial period, focusing on the evolution of the former towards European...
...Chung1. Weapon of ChoiceFatboy SlimWe all have our favorite Christopher Walken characters. This Academy Award-winning actor has played a number of hard-boiled criminals, he’s scared audiences as a headless horseman, infamously asked for “more cowbell,” and made Owen Wilson squirm in this summer’s comedy hit “Wedding Crashers.”It’s often forgotten, however, that he began his career on Broadway as a song-and-dance man, and a gifted one at that. Fittingly, due to his early skills, Walken...
...valued his privacy. “He was very pleasant—shy—he would probably be very embarrassed to know an article would be written about him,” Krohn said. Cuomo formed Weezer on Feb. 14, 1992 with Jason Cropper, Matt Sharp, and Pat Wilson. The band signed with DGC Records and released its self-titled debut album on May 10, 1994. That album became a commercial success, featuring such singles as “Undone (The Sweater Song),” “Buddy Holly...
...original list featured a range of Harvard notables, including University President Lawrence H. Summers, who placed 60th in the final ranking.Only Sen, who was ranked eighth, landed a spot in the top 10. Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker, Weatherhead University Professor Samuel P. Huntington, biologist E. O. Wilson, who is Pellegrino University professor, emeritus, and Carr Center for Human Rights Director Michael Ignatieff were Harvard’s other representatives in the top 50, coming in 26th, 28th, 31st, and 37th places, respectively.Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies Henry Louis “Skip?...