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...general, these titles are much more sophisticated than the cartoons we're used to--the critically acclaimed "Neon Genesis: Evangelion," which features an intriguing blend of drama and action, grapples with political, religious, philosophical and human issues, all within the context of a futuristic sci-fi thriller...

Author: By Richard Ho, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Anime for Dummies: A User-Friendly Introduction | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...route of the pipeline pumping Caspian Sea oil to the West. Azerbaijan and Georgia's active support of the Chechens and preference for NATO makes a friendly regime in Yerevan that much more important to Moscow. But while the high stakes in Armenia's geopolitical stance may offer a context for Wednesday?s shootings, they offer no explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armenian Shootings May Provoke Political Crisis | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...Core requirement by taking Moral Reasoning 54, "If There Is No God, All Is Permitted: Theism and Moral Reasoning." The course piqued my incipient enthusiasm for philosophy but, because I am not a philosophy concentrator, I will never be able to study Rene Descartes or John Locke in the context of their philosophical progenitors and successors...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, | Title: Closing the Door on the Past | 10/26/1999 | See Source »

...asked them to consider the broader context of the music, "both in terms of the piece and in terms of the composer and the context of the time," said James Wannatos, conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra...

Author: By Rachel S. Weinerman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Isaac Stern Imparts Love of Music | 10/26/1999 | See Source »

Noah D. Oppenheim's piece (Op-Ed, Oct. 22), in its unconditional praise for Steven Emerson's documentary "Jihad in America," unwittingly conflates, Islam and political terrorism. There is a tendency in American society to view Middle Eastern politics solely within the context of Islam. One indication of the fact that people do not separate religion and politics is that people do not know the difference between an Arab and a Muslim. Indeed, in a conversation with me Wednesday night, Oppenheim asked me the difference between the Society of Arab Students and the Harvard Islamic Society. Arab is an ethnicity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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