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...drought has tumbled back into the minds of city dwellers. All sorts of trip wires have been activated in a matter of days. Parched, cracked earth and blue sky stretch across the front pages of the nation's newspapers. Canberra is issuing a burst of agricultural terms-relief package, subsidies, exceptional circumstances and "our farmers." "It is part of the psyche of this country, it is part of the essence of Australia, to have a rural community," Howard said last week after announcing an extension of drought support to farmers. "We would lose something of our identification as Australians...
...Though drinking served as a leitmotif during last week’s residency of the Silk Road Project—founded and directed by Yo-Yo Ma ’76—each piece of music was far more beautiful than any drunken reel or inebriated burst of song. The Silk Road Ensemble held an open rehearsal with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), hosted by Geisinger Professor of History William C. Kirby last Tuesday in Sanders Theatre. Ma dropped his role as emcee during the last piece, and joined in on his cello. The ensemble played again Wednesday night...
...Gallery Rotenberg’s Ariel Pittman said: “The ICA will bring international dealers and collectors, as well as putting contemporary art in Boston more firmly on the map.” In a town where tradition is always in fashion, contemporary seems ready to burst into the mainstream.—Staff writer Alexander B. Fabry can be reached at fabry@fas.harvard.edu...
...come to overcome, would have seen Congress finally pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Friends and strangers alike would have assured them that their daughters had not died in vain - that they had awakened the conscience of a nation and helped liberate a people; that the bomb had burst a dam to let justice roll down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. And yet would even that knowledge be enough to console your grief, to keep you from madness and eternal rage - unless you also knew that your child had gone on to a better place...
Amateur test drivers might be the only thing that holds back Japan's second biggest automaker. Honda last month showcased its prototype green technologies, including clean-running diesel engines, new ethanol cars and high-performance hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. The burst of innovation is part of a move to take advantage of high gas prices, which have helped the fuel-efficient company increase U.S. sales 8% in the year's first six months and reclaim its status as a leader in green tech...