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...Luciano Messenger (Island Jamaica) The Jamaican-born Luciano has a baritone voice as warm and deep as Montego Bay, and his songs boast ripe, mango-sweet melodies. His lyrics, however, focus on serious subjects such as poverty, spirituality and resisting oppression. The core of Luciano's brand of reggae is a smiling insurgency...
Furthermore, it seems to me that there are many candidates running with very similar platforms. This tells me that the people on the council are focused not on getting things done, but on who gets them done, who gets the title and recognition and who can boast to employers of their experience in student government at Harvard. Only after the council gains my respect will I show interest in its activities by participating in its elections. --Joseph Pattaphongse...
...1980s, by contrast, rural areas suffered a net loss of 1.4 million people.) Thanks to the newcomers, 75% of the nation's rural counties are growing again after years of decline. Some towns are even booming, with high-tech industrial parks and bustling downtowns in which refurbished storefronts boast serious restaurants and community theaters, ubiquitous brew pubs and coffee bars. Inevitably, a cottage industry is springing up to service the newcomers. At least four recent books promise to teach cityfolk how to find the village of their dreams (Moving to Small Town America, Small Town Bound), and one entrepreneur...
...lawyer for the publishing house. He argues that the book contains many "clearly absurd things," like its advice that hit men be careful not to remove their gloves--and leave fingerprints--if they help themselves to snacks in the victim's refrigerator. And Kelley says the book cover's boast that Feral is a hit man and a "lethal weapon aimed at the enemy of the one who pays him" misstates the author's credentials. The real author is a female, he says, and "I'm surely convinced she's never hurt a soul...
...only difference here, however, is that the Terriers boast perhaps the best player in the nation--namely Chris Drury. The younger brother of Harvard great Ted Drury '94, possesses much of the same speed and skill and has already tallied a team-high six goals...