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Perhaps only the icy winter wind that swept the bleak ruins of eastern Europe really understood?the wind that moaned through an emptiness where once people had turned up their coat-collars against the cold, young men who dreamed of great careers, young girls who dreamed of sons. There would be no careers and no sons now, for the girls and the boys were gone...
...exact description of Housman’s big-time three that put the Crimson up for good last night en route to its 72-67 ousting of the Wildcats. But it isn’t. Travel back almost one year ago. Against Central Connecticut State on a cold winter night in New Britain, Connecticut, Housman capped an 18-point Crimson comeback victory with this very play, one that was eerily similar to the one that occurred last night against the Wildcats. The only difference between the two games: two points. Against New Hampshire, the team was down two, not four...
...hosted by the Harvard Book Store, included a screening of an installment in the film series “Out of the Book.” The 35-minute film was based on the content of Halberstam’s last, posthumously-published book, “The Coldest Winter,” about the Korean...
...started a student journal entitled “New Society: Harvard College Student Middle East Journal,” with the aim of creating a more constructive dialogue on campus about the future of the region. The journal was inspired by a Harvard Hillel trip to Israel last winter. I was determined to include a variety of perspectives, so before I approached Harvard Students for Israel or any other Jewish groups on campus, I asked several Muslim and Arab students to contribute articles to the journal...
...standard military budget. Instead, it comes from Congress in the form of supplemental funding bills. This year, President Bush is seeking $196 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Congress wants to approve a $50 billion slice of that to fund the wars through the winter, but with conditions attached - most importantly, calling for an end to U.S. combat operations in Iraq by 2009. Senate Republicans blocked the bill with a filibuster on November 16. House Democrats argue that a phone call from Bush to Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell to pass the legislation would end the impasse...