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...hipsters! McCain watches “The Hills” and Obama’s a heartthrob. Now, you can register to vote while partying to house mixes spun by DJs Bruno, Maurice Wilkey, and KC Hallet. Sunday, Oct. 5 at 10:00 p.m. An Tua Nua, 32 Beacon St., Boston. $10. 4) Baked Fresh: A Festival! Fill up on schwag, snacks, and live music at the artsy event of the year for college kids and young adults. Sunday, Oct. 5. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sowa Open Market, 540 Harrison Ave., Boston. Free. 5) Cookie Monster Bring...
...soon, I began to realize that the Metro, wonderful as it may be, is the beacon of France’s incredibly frustrating bureaucracy. The flying buttresses of this bureaucracy à la française? Its Metro maids...
Named after the Russian-born novelist who celebrated in her writings the risk-taking individual (and put the black hat on a snivelling, forgiving government that wouldn't let mediocre enterprises and their leaders fail), the center is a lonely beacon of small government and private enterprise in Washington at a time when big government appears to be on the comeback. Black-and-white photos of the controversial writer sit on desktops here; her many novels fill most of the bookshelves; in one office, a blowup of her postage-stamp image (something Rand probably would have abhorred -government embrace...
...ambitious director named Henri Loyrette, who is seeking to pull the venerable institution into a new era. Tapping rich people around the globe for funding is just one of the changes he's brought about since becoming director in 2001. Armed with a vision of the Louvre as a beacon of culture that is both accessible and global, he has set in motion a dramatic opening to the outside world. So far, that includes signing a deal to create a Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi--a franchising concept pioneered by the Guggenheim--and staging exhibitions of the museum's treasures...
...When we talk about the movement we're a part of, it's important for us to have a very clear sense of our mission and the purpose behind what we're all doing," the new "What, Me, Beacon?" Zuckerberg told the audience. Then he launched into a story about how he and the Facebook team were trying to come up with a mission statement for the movement about six months ago, when he had to go on vacation to Istanbul right in the middle of the discussion. Once there, he had dinner with a local entrepreneur...