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Jewels played a crucial role in Chemirik's childhood. There was his family's gold belt, scattered with diamonds and emeralds, traditionally worn at weddings. And his mother was "crazy about rings," naming each one after the city it came from ("It was, 'Give me Paris. Hand over Istanbul...
...fliers in front of the Science Center last week, Undergraduate Council vice presidential candidate Kyle A. De Beausset ’08-’09, who also sports orange hair, explained the color’s significance.Orange is a “good-luck color” from childhood that has come to symbolize gratitude, he says.De Beausset and running mate, UC presidential candidate Amadi P. Anene ’08, are running on a campaign to shake up the UC through their dedication to activism and idealism.In his campaign garb, De Beausset explains that his color choice...
...They see something tangible, and they are more eager to value it.” Subhash Sehgal of Framingham is a proud supporter of the event and has participated as a vendor since 1993. Every year he displays henna blocks, saris, and Hindu figurines from his childhood home in India. “One design isn’t always used in one piece or one form of art. Cultural Survival allows us to express this diversity to the rest of the world,” Sehgal said. Timothy Swallow of the Oglala Sioux Tribe came all the way from...
Though Peake's talent is indisputable, the source of his marvelously twisted imagination is elusive. Unlike the early years of many masters of the macabre, Peake's childhood was happy and contented. The son of a doctor with the London Missionary Society, Peake was born in Kuling, China, in 1911 and lived there until he was 11 years old. As a boy, he learned 600 basic Mandarin characters from a Chinese calligrapher, causing later observers to remark on the strange way he held his pen. After his family returned to England, Peake finished his education at Croydon School...
...When the protease inhibitors became available in 1996, Pena was one of many young AIDS patients who jumped on them. Since childhood, she says, the number of drugs that she took just continued to get larger and larger. "There were more pills at every birthday," she says. "As my weight increased, they would up the dose." The protease inhibitors were powerful but the side effects were brutal. "Since I was on medications for so long, it almost seemed like second nature to lose my appetite and be nauseated," she says...