Alexandra Schwartz
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Provenance of artifacts requires deep scrutiny

In 1799, British nobleman Thomas Bruce became ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. As part of his diplomatic duties, Bruce, also known as the Earl of […]

March 27, 2006

ALEXANDRA SCHWARTZ
Summers had vision but used wrong tack

I must admit that I was surprised when Lawrence Summers, Harvard’s 27th president, announced his resignation last Tuesday. Across the country, people are probably congratulating […]

February 27, 2006

ALEXANDRA SCHWARTZ
Handsome Dans of yesteryear

As far as canine fame goes, you could say that Handsome Dan is a lot like the Pope. He spends the first part of his […]

February 8, 2006

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What beef do you have with “The Vagina Monologues”? Own up: You may have never seen or read the Eve Ensler play, but you probably […]

February 7, 2006

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Yesterday, I found a cure for cancer. Well, not just any cure; this baby blasts away all traces of malignant tumors while simultaneously resuscitating hair […]

January 23, 2006

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Day in the life of … A Toad’s bouncer

It’s only 9:20, but the line outside the main entrance of Toad’s Place already stretches 30 people deep down York Street. Girls in the required […]

November 14, 2005

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Journal widens law dialogue

When Opening Argument, a new Yale Law School opinion journal, hit the presses earlier this week, it became the latest addition to the substantial corpus […]

September 26, 2005

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Indian minister praises close ties

P. Chidambaram, the finance minister of India, said in a talk Thursday that many have been too quick to blame loss of American jobs on […]

September 23, 2005