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...setting off a gun battle that left 20 wounded. Abbas's supporters retaliated by torching the parliament and cabinet buildings controlled by the Hamas government. In Gaza, bearded Hamas fighters in tight black t-shirts stacked sandbags on street corners for machine-gun posts and took up sniper positions atop buildings. Across the street, Fatah gunmen were doing the same. Aziz Dwek, a Hamas Speaker of the Palestinian parliament, the Legislative Council, recently traveled to Gaza to plead with the gunmen. He recounts: " I said, ' Guys, we haven't liberated our own land from the Israelis...
...transported to the beach, where community members planned to carry them clandestinely to Venezuelan troops dressed as civilians so they could fight enemy troops invading their communities. Meanwhile, civilian reservists exploded fake land mines aimed at enemy tanks speeding down a coastal highway. Soldiers representing the invaders sat perched atop the tanks and sprayed blanks from their machine guns towards bystanders on a nearby boardwalk...
...spatial arrangement of the lecture hall come to mind—suggesting that propping oneself up on a pedestal above others is the strategy for success. As a young reporter, I found such a pedestal seductive. I discovered the allure of seeing one’s name atop an article, the ego-boost of the byline, as seasoned journalists call it. The possibility of having one’s name in bold type at the top of an article—or the masthead—was something that attracted many people, including me.But over time, I also learned that...
Three years ago, rookie runner Mary Serdakowski stood atop the podium at the Ivy League championships after winning the 60-meter hurdles at the indoor Heptagonals. This past February, Serdakowski returned to the top with a victory that helped propel the Harvard women’s track and field team to a fourth-place finish at the meet. In 2003, she won the event as a freshman, and this year, she beat out two runners from Cornell. Her qualifying time had been the fastest in the event, and her 8.85 in the finals proved as good...
Today, Bostonians can turn their radio dials to 95.3 WHRB-FM to hear everything from classical programming to jazz and blues to under-the-radar rock acts. From its radio array atop One Financial Center, the tallest building in downtown Boston, Harvard’s radio station sends its sound out across the greater Boston area. But in 1956, Harvard Radio Broadcasting, Inc. (WHRB) was only available to those plugged in to Harvard’s electric system. Unlike FM/AM radios, which interpret signals received from the air, WHRB’s signals were carried through University electrical wiring. Thus...