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...original smart mobs were teenage "thumb tribes" in Tokyo and Helsinki who punched out short, cheap text messages on primitive cell phones to organize impromptu raves or to stalk their favorite celebrities. (In Tokyo, crowds of teenage fans would appear as if by magic at subway stops where a rock musician was rumored to be headed.) "Texting," as this practice is known, spread like the Hong Kong flu, especially in the developing world. In the Philippines, the black-clad crowds that toppled President Joseph Estrada in 2001 were summoned into being with a now famous single line of coded text...
These writings, most of which appear backwards—the boy is constantly behind the plastic—serve as manifestations of the boy’s thoughts and expectations, both of which literally frame the production and exemplify the show’s main theme: the myth of the American hero and the very real, personal consequences of war not just for those who fight but also for those to whom they return...
Nyarota, who founded his independant newspaper, The Daily News, in 1999, was issued an arrest warrant on Feb. 28 by a Harare Court after he failed to appear to face charges of “abusing journalistic privileges and publishing falsehoods...
Prichard is heading to a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., after graduation, but not for long—it’s merely a stepping stone on the way to one of two countries that rarely appear near the top of any quality-of-life ranking: Zambia and Zimbabwe. In the long run, he says he’s headed back to Canada. Like a substantial portion of international students at Harvard, he’s eager to get out of the States as soon...
...means should Boston or Harvard stop recycling, and environmental concerns should not be pitted against labor concerns. Boston and Harvard should, though, explore alternatives to KTI so that they can legitimately threaten to cut their contract with KTI. Even if other seemingly viable recycling companies don’t appear much better than KTI, if companies were genuinely competing for Boston and Harvard’s contracts they would all have an incentive to improve...