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...band sang, "This is the game that moves as you play." Even as one barrier is defeated, another goes up. File-sharing services allow a river of music to flow across your desktop--though lawsuits may slow the flood to a trickle. The practice of sampling that lies at the heart of DJ culture is encouraging a new generation of music fans to investigate the sounds of eras gone by--but unless hip-hoppers can find a way to preserve their own creations, they may simply be spinning their discs. And as today's country queens and hat acts gallop...
...goal was to break the [ECAC] meet record of 55.94,” Taylor said. “Originally, I knew I would be tired no matter what on the second day, so I wanted to break that barrier on the first...
...Last month, the provost’s office ran a competition seeking the best proposal to reduce barriers preventing students from seeking help for depressive illnesses. But while one obvious barrier is this worry that medical care signifies weakness, a less obvious concern is that students don’t even consider themselves to need help. There’s a perverse system of heroics in place—the Harvard students who get the least sleep, feel the most stressed, push their body and mind to the farthest extreme, are the “winners...
...separating the two cities in the Mai Po marshes, west of Lo Wu. This may be the most closely controlled internal border in the world. But five policemen on mountain bikes, plus three on video surveillance, are able to handle the job of patrolling 4 km of a wire barrier they concede can be scaled in 12 seconds. The number of captured illegal immigrants fell from 16,000 in 1991 to 9,000 last year. Hong Kong police superintendent Hoe Tak-yan talks about phasing out all patrols in five to 10 years, even of dismantling the fence. "Living standards...
...student group," scores of campus organizations seem toaccomplish their goals despite the handicap of selecting their leaders in open elections. The Crimson, for example, manages to put out a paperdaily even while engaging in the despised method of self-selection. Is democracy that much of a barrier to serving students effectively...