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Russia must choose its way—either its government can continue to chip away at press rights, allowing crony capitalism and corruption to run rampant, or reverse its course and steer itself towards accountability and openness. Without aggressive, muckraking journalists, Russia’s democratic experiment will fail as its electorate remains uninformed, and government officials stay unresponsive to popular sentiment. Russia’s economy will also suffer as long as foreign investors remain skeptical of the government’s commitment to basic Western freedoms...
...snack on Patricio’s chips. They are brown and do not look like Tostitos, so I assume that they are authentic. The salsa, especially the delightfully spicy salsa verde, is excellent. As I speak and eat at the same time, a chip rotates vertically in my mouth and I bite down. The chip does not give. The roof of my mouth continues to hurt as I write this article a day later. I swear out loud in Spanish, demonstrating how my ability to offend people crosses cultural barriers...
...sliced them eight different ways." Richard Pryor, he says, was perhaps the greatest artist of all stand-ups; his stories had beautiful and elaborate structures. Seeing both Carlin and Pryor onscreen, though, you feel the anger simmering beneath their routines. Stand-ups have a quarrel with the universe, a chip on their shoulder that they turn into comedy. "Stand-up is socialized aggression," says...
...second goal was more impressive. Maasdorp intercepted the ball, cut her way around three defenders and, as she fell to the ground, lifted a reverse chip into the back of the net to extend the Crimson lead...
...leap, committee members coerce volunteer hosts into neatening up their river-view suites (such a view is required before one can even be considered as a potential bed-offerer), arrange for Harvard Student Agencies to provide sparkling clean linens, and even organize the baking of homemade cookies (oatmeal chocolate chip this year) so that the skaters can go to sleep with stomachs well-fed as well as pillows well-fluffed. By the end of the procedure, says EWC executive Matthew L. Butler ’04, “It’s like a five-star hotel, except it?...