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...Opal Mehta” may very well be inauthentic, literarily-bankrupt, profit-driven pop-culture fluff. But before we begin smugly and self-righteously to debate which circle of hell Viswanathan should be cast into for her transgression (the eighth), I ask that we pause for a moment and empathize with our embattled classmate. It should not be very difficult to do so if we honestly consider our own intellectual and cultural position. As a community, Harvard is more than complicit in the production of inauthentic chick lit, that regrettably pervasive genre of packaged pop culture easily digested by teenage...

Author: By James P. Maguire | Title: Rebuilding the Ivory Tower | 5/1/2006 | See Source »

...recast his image. Based on interviews by TIME with Bakr and others who have associated with al-Zarqawi, a picture emerges of a cold-blooded killer trying to reinvent himself as a quasi-religious leader. He wants to be seen as a deeply spiritual Muslim whose actions are driven by a desire to save Islam from attacks from external and internal enemies, according to those sources. The most striking aspect of that transformation is al-Zarqawi's attempt to mimic the sirah, or lifestyle, of the Prophet. Those who have seen al-Zarqawi in the past year say he constantly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Face to Face With Terror | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

...also a Crimson editor, began with choppy and un-syncopated choreography that grew more emotive, cohesive and theatrical with the crescendo of the music, the mood and the progression of the story. The best moment was when the figures convened downstage left in a complexly interwoven and motive-driven formation. “Talisman” best utilized the intense musicality of its original score, composed by Inyang M. Akpan ’07 and graduate student Angela Liu GSE ’06. Choreographed and performed by Learning from Performers’ visiting artist Rachel A. Cohen...

Author: By Mollie K. Wright, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Modern 'Viewpointe' | 4/24/2006 | See Source »

...trained in the newest surgical procedures, be more up to date on the literature, and be more open to new techniques. Older doctors have had more years to develop the instinctive diagnostic skills that can make the difference in complicated cases and may be skeptical of innovations that are driven more by marketing than medicine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q: What Scares Doctors? A: Being the Patient | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...King, and he's now just about to make things worse. Chaulagain, 27, and a few of his friends have set a row of tires on fire in the middle of the road -just at the spot where a truck full of blue-uniformed Nepali police has driven up. Chaulagain uses a stick, and pushes one of the burning tires right up to where the cops are and lets it roll on to the ground. His friends cheer: so does the crowd behind them, which is at least a couple of thousand strong. "We've not been protesting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Turmoil in Nepal | 4/22/2006 | See Source »

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