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...spend time across the pond, it is simultaneously making it easier for students to do so. One year after imposing stricter restrictions on students’ international study, the College decided to reinstate some nations still under State Department travel warnings. The old policy relied too heavily on general blanket warnings and ignored regional variations in safety in different countries. For example, students could not obtain grants (or course credit) for studying in relatively safe countries such as Israel, Lebanon, and Kenya...
...they still don't know how many people were murdered in those first chaotic days. Certainly the figure was lower than rumors had suggested. But then, a period of remarkable calm began. By the weekend, the National Guard and police had descended on New Orleans like a Kevlar blanket. Crime dropped to an all-time low for the rest of the year. About 100 murders that should have happened never did--at least not in New Orleans. "It gave us an opportunity to have a clear picture of what peace in a city is," says Warren Riley, now superintendent...
Leading the blanket dance, Lussier unfurled her magenta shawl, and the crowd—some who had known Meat, others who had simply been moved by the scene—followed and circled around her. As the blanket’s pile of cash grew, the four men continued to chant to the deep beat of their drum...
...audience, which included graduate students and members of the Cambridge community, quietly listened as Beyl described the “blanket dance.” Mourners were to drop thoughts and money onto a blanket, then participate in “smudging” to cleanse themselves with smoke...
...twenties, fives, and ones collected in the black and red blanket on Saturday were destined for Meat’s family...