Word: bananas
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...former used-car salesman in San Diego and employee at Banana Republic, Michael B. Hoagland ’07 is smooth and well dressed, and his illustrious acting career at Harvard bodes well for future success in theatre. Ten years ago, few would have guessed that the star of a middle school production of the parody “Herlock Shomes” would go on to have an impressive college acting career. But Hoagland is a winner of this year’s prestigious Jonathan Levy Award, which is given by the Office for the Arts at Harvard...
...head to Quiapo, where I wade through a sea of stalls selling bootleg DVDs and used electronics, pirated porn and secondhand bridal gowns. Exotic fare abounds, but I opt for a simple treat from childhood: a bananacue, or banana speared with a skewer, caramelized in deep-fried sugar. As I savor the sweet, sticky snack, I listen to a sermon blasted from a loudspeaker by a church decorated like a pastel Easter egg; in front of me is a row of old women selling religious figurines along with herbal potions that claim to do everything from curing coughs to terminating...
...Meerbar, www.meerbar.de, in the lobby of one of Gehry's three neighboring asymmetrical office buildings, chef Wong Zhen Kun keeps up with the architect's venue by creating interesting seafood dishes like red snapper with smoked tofu wrapped in a banana leaf. Wong, who also heads up the perennially popular Bug, www.bug-restaurant.de, serves up fare there that nods to his native China in a bustling dining room kitted out with Asian-inspired furnishings. Next door, the eye-catching, raw-boned interiors of Riva, www.riva-duesseldorf.de, are background to Ralf Polfers' Continental cuisine, including such standouts as saffron fish cream soup...
...resort in the western province of Rwanda, and takes a bumpy and circuitous route to Kibuye, on the eastern shore of Lake Kivu. The driver constantly sounds his horn or drives frighteningly close to people to scare them off the road. The landscape outside is breathtaking: lush green hills, banana plantations and in the distance, the Virunga volcanoes, home of the famous Rwandan mountain gorillas...
...triumphant tone in the official media has encouraged moderate voices, previously silent on the conflict, to speak up. In a blog posting entitled "The British Marines and a Slippery Banana Peel," former vice-president Mohammed Ali Abtahi wrote that "it would be in Iran's interest to end this conflict as swiftly as possible through diplomacy." Although the marines are still formally in custody, Iranians are already weighing the long-term impact of the crisis. "One result might be that the U.S. gets the message that diplomacy is more effective than force," says Mohebbian. "If you can untie a knot...