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Carter said that the Cambridge contest was less stressful than the national contest, in which contestants competed amidst media scrutiny...
...bottles with the "California Redemption Value" labels still visible. International trade in plastic wastes is forbidden by Indian law and international law. PepsiCo claims, however, that the bottles are all recycled and thus it is not waste. An Indian recycling firm does take the bottles and some are recycled, amidst working conditions far below US standards. But they admit that much of the plastic is nonrecyclable; the toxic byproducts of the process stay in India, while the recycled bottles are returned...
...Amidst the dancing and loud music echoing throughout the crowded banquet room in the Colonnade, local Dole supporters last night were extolling the Kansas senator and looking forward to the general election...
...times they sound somewhat generic, but Loud Lucy manages to create an original sound amidst the influence of its predecessors. In tracks like "On the Table," "I'll Wait," "Breathe" and "Clear World," we can easily see the debt they owe to other more recognized bands, but Lane puts his own stamp on the songs. He says that he wanted the album to be "poppy and happy," with "songs that you want to sing along with, songs that make you move." Admittedly, those ideals sound corny, but the band's attempt to be the modern day Beatles is admirable...
Upon opening their doors early yesterday morning, many Harvard students found something they didn't expect amidst the newspapers and pizza coupons: an anti-abortion door drop distributed by the Harvard-Radcliffe Alliance for Life...