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...Pulitzer Prize in 1964—Halberstam left the New York Times in 1967 and began to write books full-time two years later. But despite his wealth of experience and top-notch reporting, War in a Time of Peace has its weaknesses. At 494 pages of actual text, the book is comprehensive but long, and because of its overwhelming scope it is necessarily somewhat jumpy and scattered; with so many characters to keep track of, it is sometimes hard to follow the big picture. Halberstam also tends to repeat what he has said, particularly in the life histories...
Curious Harvard students, fear no more. Gone are the discomforting days of getting caught perusing the erotica pages of “The Unofficial Guide.” Inquiring minds can now find the anonymity they so sorely need in the brand-spanking new electronic version of the sacred text, found at www.unofficialharvard.com...
...Still Rising,” a text-in-movement piece, choreographer Braxton-Brooks allows her dancers to break the speech barrier by delivering poetry with words as well as dance. The piece is constructed from four poems by Maya Angelou on the theme of perseverance...
...intelligent guests have made it the number one quiz show for 769 weeks. But, apparently, the big wigs are starting to freak out. This season, “Jeopardy” is determined to make a splash running with its secret weapon: the Clue Crew. Instead of the regular text, a few times per show, a video clip featuring a member of the four-person crew will pop up on the screen. They’re cute, they’re perky, and, best of all, one went to Harvard...
...removed from the noise of the harvest outside. In one room under a dome, 800 young men, their beards thickening as they move in their final year into mature manhood, sit cross-legged rocking on their haunches as a professor takes them through an interpretation of a religious text. All students and teachers sit on straw mats on the floor. Classes begin as the sun rises after prayers before dawn, and end again with prayers after dusk. Infractions are punished by banishment from meals. Serious disciplinary lapses lead to expulsion. Television is banned. Women visitors are infrequent and must...