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...remains. It is estimated that Rwanda lost 800,000 people in 100 days. Perhaps 2 million took part in the slaughter, this in a country of 8 million. The genocide museum in the capital Kigali concludes its description of 1994 with the words: "Rwanda was dead." As a Tutsi area, Nyamata was a crucible of the killing. It was where, in a series of practice massacres after 1990, that the Hutu militia, the Interahamwe, honed their calculations of the optimum rate of dispatch. Come April 1994, around six out of every 10 people in Nyamata were killed, though again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seeds of Change in Rwanda | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...black Lincoln town car, which once sported a license plate reading “1636.” “The Corporation provided in hiring me as president that the university car would drive me for all university functions and was also available for use in the Boston area more generally,” former University President Lawrence H. Summers writes in an e-mail. Summers occasionally employed his “modestly decrepit” ’92 Mazda, but it seems the chic town car was usually his vehicle of choice. Although former President Derek...

Author: By Charles R. Melvoin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Faust & The Furious | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...hoes… in area code...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Big List, Small Country | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...would be a good way to familiarize oneself with the area,” said Andy L. Cote, an employee at Uno Chicago Grill. “If it were done right, it would be beneficial,” he added...

Author: By Anna Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Square Turns Digital | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

Money, money, money. Cambridge real estate is costly by any standard, especially around the illustrious Harvard Square area. Yet every year, despite the price tag, some undergraduates buck the prevailing trend with their decision to leave the brick (or concrete) walls of their Harvard Houses to live off-campus. And while fleeing dormitory life is common at some colleges, at Harvard only a small percentage of students pursue this option...

Author: By Guillian H. Helm, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Outside the Bubble, Out of the Loop | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

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