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...says, “it’s really difficult to get up on stage and perform and that’s the first time you’ve ever heard your vocals.”The core of HCARAR’s mission is to bolster Harvard’s alternative music scene so that it doesn’t allow for what Hufstedler now sees as a “self-perpetuating” vicious cycle.“You arrive here, you realize there isn’t any big music scene going on, you don?...
...going to block deals for what Dubai sees as political reasons, there is less of an incentive to trade with American companies--and it could bolster Dubai's effort to attract Arab capital to its nascent financial center. More concretely, Dubai is committed to $200 billion in projects, including expanding the city of Dubai's airport, and tons more hotels and condos. Dubai recently unveiled a plan to create a "global aerospace manufacturing and services corporation" that will offer leasing and repair services, challenging firms like General Electric (start-up funds: $15 billion). Emaar is building an entire city...
...Green, the space is too small and doesn’t get a lot of use.Perhaps that’s because gamers for the most part no longer want to lock themselves in alone with their Xboxes. If events like the Smash Open and massive Halo parties continue to bolster gaming’s profile, cartoon combat and futuristic gunfire may join instant messenger’s chirp as sounds of perfectly acceptable-but virtual-social interaction.—Staff writer Patrick R. Chesnut can be reached at pchesnut@fas.harvard.edu...
After entering the year with realistic aspirations for the Ivy League crown, and beginning both the regular season and conference schedules promisingly enough to bolster those beliefs, the Harvard men’s basketball team now finds itself in an all-too-familiar position: heading to Philadelphia and New Jersey to play the role of spoiler...
...Until Hamas proves that it is committed to restraint, it's likely that Israel will continue the policy of unilaterally establishing permanent borders to separate itself from the Palestinians. Signs that the Palestinians are building a fundamentalist society on their side of the line won't do much to bolster Israeli interest in a negotiated peace. That may be why Hamas leaders like Sheik al-Bitawi are sounding conciliatory. "There are good things in Europe and the U.S.: civilization, democracy, medical care," he says. "But there are also bad things: divorce, drugs, murder. We hope that the positive things...