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...banking and speculation. But in 1992 a new sort of hero set a bonfire to those vanities. This spring 470 coal miners arrived in Madrid after marching more than 300 miles from Leon in the north to protest layoffs. Villagers on the harsh Castillian plateau turned out to applaud and even sing to them; television stations filmed the blisters on their feet. "If they import Polish coal, our valley will die," said Eugenio Carpintero, 32, swigging wine from a leather pouch on a blustery afternoon. Outside the Guadarrama Hospital, nurses and patients cheered, "Viva los mineros...
There's a talent show one night, in whichfirst-years applaud their gifted classmates whocan play guitar, sing and even recite "The Raven"from memory. But while this is Harvard, there willstill be crummy acts. Which will be refreshing,since this is Harvard...
...Harvard's strangerphenomenons, the a capella jam. The performance'spattern goes something like this: a capella groupperforms funny skit. Audience members laugh andwish they, too, could wear tuxedos and blackcocktail dresses and be funny. A capella groupsings song with lots of ba-ba-ba sounds andharmonizing. Audience members applaud and wishthey, too, could wear tuxedos and black cocktaildresses and sing well. A capella groups encouragefirst years to audition...
Local pro-business advocates applaud the council's move and say the new attitude is essential to keeping businesses in the city during the recession...
...Faculty applaud the selection and say the former Columbia Teacher's College professor will be the key to next year's success...