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Humming “Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to Harvard I go,” I eventually boarded my magic carpet bound for a whole new world. I had packed some Disney stuffed animals and photographs to brighten my dorm room, but I expected to leave the warmth and happiness of Disney World behind for the cold, cutthroat city of Cambridge. But after nearly three years here, I have come to the startling conclusion that Disney World and Harvard are eerily similar. Allow me to explain...
...said. “It’s easy when you start losing to get down on yourself and the negative vibes start to settle in, but I think we have to just stay positive and keep working hard like we did tonight and eventually things will brighten...
...different from children anywhere who want to have plenty to eat and go to bed with visions of pleasurable things. I've yet to meet a kid from any culture who didn't get excited about Disney World and Disney characters. Imagine how little Afghan faces would brighten if they had the opportunity to see these things! It could be said that bin Laden, al-Qaeda and the Taliban have waged war against Mickey Mouse. Maybe that should be our official propaganda slogan. DAVID ZISKIND North Woodmere...
...most part, of tinkering with an erratic radio, trimming the grass and shooing away both cows and disobedient Christian girls who intrude upon the holy property for which he is responsible. His irascible and illiterate overseer, Ahmed Koya (Krishnan Unnikrishnan ’02) does little to brighten his days. Their interactions, though, serve as a welcome source of comic relief. And while the characters’ quips and other references in Grave Affairs can be a bit esoteric, the program’s convenient glossary of Indian terms provides valuable assistance to the audience...
When Whitman was picked to head the EPA, the prospects for this proposal seemed to brighten. But a series of Administration moves that alarmed moderates and sandbagged Whitman--including an about-face on pollution standards and withdrawal from the Kyoto global warming accord--suggested otherwise...