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...refugees from Nazism and thus chose the hamlet of Taizè, near France's German-occupied zone. There he and a few colleagues spent two years hiding Jews and others fleeing persecution...In the early 1960s, without invitation, a few youthful wanderers began to stop at the monastery to join in the simple, thrice-daily prayers and help with the chores...[In 1973] more than 70,000 young people signed in for a few days to several months. Most of the pilgrims share a vague spiritual hunger...Alois, a 19-year-old German, suggested that 'it's not even Christianity...
Orhan Pamuk is Turkey's most widely read living author. His fame and his liberal views have made him a symbol of Turkish aspirations to join the European Union. But the decision of a Turkish state prosecutor to try him for "publicly denigrating" the nation reinforced European ambivalence - in some cases, outright hostility - toward admitting the mainly Muslim country. Pamuk is due to face trial in December for comments made to the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger in February in which he criticized Turkey's refusal to discuss the mass killings of Armenians at the start of the last century...
Sandel wrote that he’s eager to teach the course again—even as the stares of of high-definition video cameras join those of his students...
...halt the flow of students moving from History to other concentrations. Incidentally, a distributional requirement would automatically increase the attendance of pre-modern courses. Freshmen shopping History 10a today, ponder your choice carefully. You can surely pick a more valuable experience for your precious first semester at Harvard. Meanwhile, join your peers in the hope that History 10a will not be with us much longer—with luck, it will be gone before your senior year...
...will soon sell cars in Germany, are eyeing Western markets. The Chinese have had great success in selling low-cost automaking tools worldwide, says Jay Baron, president of the Center for Automotive Research; marketing assembled cars is the next logical step. A common Chinese auto strategy has been to join forces with foreign firms to develop the home market. The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. has partnered with GM, and DaimlerChrysler AG is raising its stake in a venture with Beijing Automotive Industry Corp. to 50%, up from 42%. The converse is happening as Chinese makers aim for the 16.9 million...