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There were eerie parallels in their narrative arcs: miserable childhoods; the unprepared plunge into the media glare; success and scandals; and premature death. Socially poles apart, the onetime dental nurse born to poverty and the onetime nursery-school assistant born to nobility were the most prominent avatars of a wide strand of English celebrity culture, defiantly anti-intellectual and unashamedly emotional. "I suppose [Goody] was a kind of Princess Di from the wrong side of the tracks," mused comedian Stephen Fry on Twitter...
...Taepodong-2 ballistic missile—should serve as a reminder of the unstable international security environment in Northeast Asia. Although the test itself was a failure—according to the New York Times, U.S. Northern Command and Japan’s Ministry of Defense, the missile fell apart in the Western Pacific—North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and its already extant launch capability should be worrisome for all concerned parties in Northeast Asia. Nevertheless, we are reassured by the Obama administration’s handling of the crisis and hope to see continued...
...displayed on Saturday first manifested itself in the seventh and final inning of Game 1 against the Big Red.Down 5-1 after a sixth-inning Rogers homer got the team on the board, Harvard looked to be in dire straits coming into last licks. But the Cornell defense fell apart early in the inning, giving the Crimson all the help it needed to mount an impressive comeback.Three Big Red errors and timely run-scoring singles by senior Jon Roberts and sophomore Dillon O’Neill brought Harvard within two and the winning run to the plate in Meehan.While Meehan?...
...fishes. Diplomatic and intelligence sources in Seoul and Tokyo contend that Pyongyang's biggest aim was to increase the range of its Taepodong II rocket. In 1998 it launched a predecessor that traveled about 1,060 miles (1,700 km). On July 4, 2006, another long-range rocket broke apart shortly after launch. Yesterday's rocket flew more than 2,175 miles (3,500 km) - about twice the distance of the '98 launch. "That was the government's basic goal," an East Asian intelligence official says. "To increase the range of the Taepodong II. This was a test...
...played to perfection by Timothy J. Lambert ’11. Through tense body language and agitated growls, Lambert portrays Stanley’s constant state of displeasure and distress. During Stanley’s breakdown, where he is backed against the wall after the party falls apart, Lambert’s maniacal laugh and terse movements create chills.Nick N. Commins ’09 and Eve H. Bryggman ’10, who play Petey and Meg, respectively, play off of each other well as an unhappily married couple. Though he is not present often, Commins is the first...