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...manufactures and imports as many as possible. Road building in China swallows scarce farmland, and traffic chokes streets and highways. Coal heats the chilly north, generates electricity and fouls the air. To Hertsgaard, big-shot capitalism seems a scourge--though not to the newly prosperous Chinese he meets, who brag that they get used to bad air. This single nation, the author observes, holds veto power over any environmental reforms the rest of the world may choose...
...care about it for a more important reason. The Game provides Harvard students with the only opportunity all year for uninhibited self-love. A reprieve is granted from the self-consciously humble posture we must adopt during the rest of our lives. During Game weekend, we can boast, brag and gloat about our school without social condemnation. We can cheer for Harvard without coming off as arrogant or elitist. We can wear the crimson "H" on our sleeve, our hats or our shirts without feeling like a show-off or a tourist. Not only can we drop the "H-bomb...
Folk legend Arlo Guthrie appears at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square tonight for some acoustic guitar and good tunes. It's someone who you can brag about seeing live in 20 years. People will think it's cool. Really. 8 p.m., 55 Davis Square, Somerville, 625-5700. Ticket prices vary...
...friends at other schools brag about their $0.10 plans," says Michael A. Blaustein '02. "I think Harvard should definitely negotiate and get a better deal...
...often that politicians wine and dine other politicians and then brag about it in press releases and television appearances...