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...Although the U.N. deployed peacekeepers around the world with some success in the second half of the 20th century, never before has it forcibly implemented a cease-fire. It is having such difficulty stemming the violence simply because no one's ever done it before. Rick Say, WEST CHESTER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...interesting storyline, and the attractiveness of the music.” “The Rake’s Progress” is based on a series of mid-18th century paintings by William Hogarth that Stravinsky viewed in Chicago. Stravinsky collaborated with two poets, W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, to develop the drawings into an operatic plot line. Considering that the DHO only performs operas in English, stage director Victoria J. Crutchfield ’10 said it was especially helpful that they were able to retain the libretto in its native language and maintain the integrity...

Author: By Eunice Y. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clever Quips and Melodies in 'Rake's Progress' | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...forgettable and fumbled exchange with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ’76 has been relegated to a historical footnote and their subsequent reenactment assigned to the annals of White House lore. As a nation, we seem ready to both trivially group Barack Obama with Chester Arthur and Calvin Coolidge—predecessors who gave the oath another go—and direct future visitors to the White House Map Room to admire the fireplace before which history was made. This is political travesty of the first order...

Author: By Eric B. Lomazoff | Title: An Oath “Faithfully” Reenacted | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...Hirschboeck was 12th with 4:25.25, and Brenner was 14th with 4:29.79.A trio of Harvard runners placed in the men’s 3K, with newcomer Michael Hoffman coming in fifth at 8:38.46, sophomore Ryan Neely placing seventh at 8:40.80, and junior Stephen Chester crossing the line ninth at 8:57.10.Freshmen Phil Ngo and Jacques Barjon finished back-to-back in the long jump with respective 6.53- and 6.52-meter bounds to place sixth and seventh.Junior Jack Brady launched the shot 15.36 meters to earn sixth, while senior Neville Irani and sophomores Ablorde Ashigbi and Eric...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Individual Highlights Mark Full Day of Competition | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

...hung out with his grandchildren. Others, however, found the strain of high office to be too much. James K. Polk died three months after leaving the White House. Franklin Pierce, whose 11-year-old son had been killed in a train accident just weeks before his inauguration, drank. And Chester A. Arthur died about 18 months after his term ended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Presidential Second Acts | 1/20/2009 | See Source »

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