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...they now appear'd to stand, And pointed to their agonizing land; I saw the thousands, thousands, thousands slain, On their primeval, their parental plain; Their lacerated limbs, with chains opprest, Their minds, alas! with mighty woes distrest! Each body mangled, scourged in every part, While sighs and groans burst from each swelling heart! I saw in tides of tears their sorrows flow, And still new anguish added to their...
...tending to a diminishing herd. During the winter, he lives in Uvurkhangai province about 400 kilometers west of the capital. Nearly three-quarters of Uvurkhangai's 113,000 residents are herders. They circumnavigate a wintry land of desolate, hypnotic beauty where a lone horseman or vulture offers a rare burst of color. Few places have been so devastated by the dzud. One provincial official says the area's livestock population plunged from 2.95 million in 1999 to 1.86 million in 2001. Since then, a few hundred thousand more animals have died...
...capitalize Harvard did, with two unassisted break-away goals. The first came of the stick of Moore in a penalty killing situation. Putting on a burst of speed, Moore skated through center ice and began a two-on-one break with junior Tyler Kolarik. Moore held the puck, faked and then spun, losing Northeastern defenseman Tim Judy, and glided past the net, freezing Gilhooly before ultimately wristing it past...
Emotions and excitement were running high, as this semester’s Common Casting, sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC), entered its third night. Representatives from this season’s shows burst into the Loeb Drama Center and the Agassiz Theater to call groups of nervous auditioners—first-years, seniors, Harvard students and Cambridge residents—for their moment in the spotlight...
...neither are there many signs that there's a bubble ready to burst. December's new record in housing starts, for example, was nicely matched by the new record in new-home sales - If you build it, they will buy - and even if an economic pickup starts to reduce housing's relative attractiveness, there's no reason why modest economic growth and improved consumer mood can't help sustain housing's strength...