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...matter where you awoke in the world, the features of your room-the bedside panel, the writing desk-looked identical. Indeed, the very words Holiday Inn or Hilton took on a pejorative connotation: they were globalization's earliest villains, blamed for destroying a sense of place with an imperialist approach to style...
...Even though one would not necessarily think of History and Literature as a hands-on discipline, McCarthy is quick to cite the value in applying the subject to the real world. “I take a broad approach to humanities. The study of humanities is the study of what it means to be human, so we can become more humane in the world. This independent study teaches just that,” McCarthy says...
...smashed while sporting ridiculous outfits. Campus Rabbi and Orthodox Rabbinic Advisor Avi Poupko came dressed as the Pope in full regalia, complete with a guitar on his back. Former Jewish band member Raphael S.N. Nemes ’05 and his friend Joseph D. Tarkoff took a less religious approach, dressing up as Borat and Azumat, respectively. Miriam R. Hinman ’08 also veered away from a Jewish-inspired costume. She was dressed as Pippi Longstocking with long striped socks and pigtails that defied gravity with help from a hidden wire. “It?...
...case for the defense, teasing the court with the possibility that Libby and even Vice President Dick Cheney would testify. Wells first trotted out six prominent reporters to say they had never discussed Plame with Libby during the summer of 2003. It was an odd start, an indirect approach, implying that if Libby hadn't talked about the CIA operative with luminaries like The Washington Post's Bob Woodward, he probably hadn't mentioned her to any reporter...
...voice was "polite and nice" in the grand jury tapes. But early on in their deliberations, recalled Collins, one juror told the others a maxim her mother always repeated: "When you let yourself be led by emotion, it usually leads you the wrong way." This, said Collins, characterized the approach the jury took...