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...cures resulting from human embryonic-stem-cell research? At a time when our medical and Medicare systems are being stretched and their costs are escalating, the possibility of curing patients--as opposed to managing their illnesses--could be a tremendous financial boon. The research should move forward. C. ELISE ALEGRIA Arlington, Mass...
...long every day from Oct. 29-31. Among the noted films to be screened is ¡Viva Chile M…!, which takes a journey through the sociocultural and political issues of the past 70 years in Chile and the U.S. Renowned Latin American writer/activist Fernando Alegria visits such hot topics as socialism, the Latino Revival and overthrown Chilean president Salvador Allende. Tickets $8. 9:10 p.m. Also screening at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 30th. Harvard Film Archive. Visit bliff.org for more info...
...It’s 4-0. It looks like we’re going to win,” Jose F. Alegria ’07 said as he watched in Loker, his Cuban history reading in hand...
...insanely high-priced, but if you've never seen a Cirque du Soleil show in your life, the experience is priceless. There are only four productions currently on stage in the U.S.--"O" at Bellagio, "Mystere" at Treasure Island in Las Vegas, "La Nouba" in Orlando and "Alegria" at the new Biloxi resort in Mississippi. I've seen the first three and "Mystere" is definitely my favorite--but that, perhaps, is because it was the first one I saw. Performed with live music (a combination of techno and opera), each show is an apocalyptic circus of startling imagination. Everything...
Brazilians sardonically call their monstrous public bureaucracy O Trem da Alegria--the Joy Train. It is ridden by millions of officials like Cesar Almeida, mayor of a working-class town near Rio de Janeiro. The Globo TV network revealed last month that he has manipulated the system so cleverly that he earns $22,000 a month--twice the salary of the country's President--while teachers earn as little as $70 a month. Brazil was able to finance that kind of waste when foreign capital was pouring in. But now, with the global financial crisis sucking hundreds of millions...