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...there were a junk food hall of fame, the original Pringles can would stand proudly next to a Toblerone pyramid in the exhibit on ingenious packaging shapes. Baur's canister has become a treasured symbol of snack culture around the globe, as recognizable as a Hershey bar or Coke can from Argentina to Zambia...
...calling themselves Descendants of the Serbian Fighters From the 1912-20 Balkan Wars congregates for a ritual burning of the U.S. flag, most of the patrons of La Dolce Vita don't even bother to turn around. The morning sun is glorious on the terrace of the split-level bar overlooking the Ibar River, and the young men in black T-shirts are content to smoke their Marlboros and nurse their cokes, eyeing the more prosperous opposite bank of the river. They never cross the bridge, of course, because the Ibar marks the dividing line between Mitrovica's Serb north...
...Since the 1999 Kosovo war, the smoke-filled, vinyl seated bar and cafe on the ground floor of a crumbling apartment block has been a gathering place for the hard line Serbs who want to keep ethnic-Albanians out of their enclave. Its position on the front line has made La Dolce Vita the target of bomb attacks against Serbs by ethnic Albanians (nine people were injured here in 2006), and also a bully pulpit for anti-Western tirades...
...also made a name for himself on both the Ivy League and national swimming circuit by setting numerous records and consistently outperforming his opponents in both regular and postseason meets.“Being able to train with Geoff has been a great experience, because he basically sets the bar for competitive exellence and sets the standard for what can be achieved for an Ivy League athlete,” fellow co-captain Sam Wollner said. “I think he’s an inspiration to everybody he’s around.”This year, Rathgeber...
...themselves as a team was a well-earned and a well-deserved pride that was built on the foundation of the values and commitments that they made during the year,” Murphy said. Evidently, these efforts paid off, as this year’s Crimson raised the bar for the program and sent off the departing senior class with a very memorable last season. “I’m very proud of all the accomplishments we’ve had this year,” Wollner said. “I can’t imagine...