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Edward B. Colby

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Former Extracurricular-Boy Struggles with Free Time

Start with one highly motivated, overachieving Harvard student. Take away The Crimson, add spring of senior year, and chill. In


Mystery Posters Insult Summers

The posters attacking University President Lawrence H. Summers which have appeared around campus the past few days are small and


Halberstam on War and Peace

War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton and the Generals is a penetrating look at America’s military and foreign


An Interview With David Halberstam '55

David Halberstam ’55, a former Crimson managing editor, covered the early civil rights movement, the Congo and Vietnam in a


POSTCARD FROM CHATTANOOGA, TENN.: Living Alone

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—When I look back on periods of my life, I tend to remember moments, not the neatly told chronological


Editor's Notebook: It's Time to Talk

With the living wage campaign's Massachusetts Hall sit-in heading into its ninth day, neither side seems willing to budge. The


Chasing a Dream: Running Boston as a Bandit

I like to dream big—and then carry out my dreams. Last summer, while careening across France in a spiffy TGV,


More Revolutionary Than You Thought?

In his first book, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus, Rick Perlstein offers an