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...can’t get into his popular core course “Justice,” you can still listen to the Bass Professor of Government at Harvard Michael J. Sandel discuss his newest book, entitled “Public Philosophy: Episodes and Arguments in American Civic Life.” Harvard Book Store. 3 p.m. (DJH)Saturday, Oct. 29Apollo Night. The Harvard Black Students Association (BSA) presents a student-judged talent competition based on TV program “Showtime at the Apollo.” Performances promise to span the entertainment spectrum from song to dance...
...just quaint. It is therapeutic. And in an era in which team owners hold franchises for ransom, and city-states fight city-states for them, it is positively heartening to know the Packers will always be in Green Bay. How's this for a bylaw? If by some civic catastrophe the Packers - now valued at $165 million - must be sold, the proceeds go to Green Bay's Sullivan-Wallen American Legion Post...
...exactly why they are making music, or rather, they’ve discovered a new reason. Blackalicious is eyeing the Black Eyed Peas’ comfortable main-stream niche and doing their damndest to squeeze alongside. In fact, they’re even sharing a stage at a Honda Civic promotional event in San Francisco later this month. What’s more, MTV’s TRL hotline number is helpfully printed across the bottom of Blackalicious’ website; it kindly suggests “Request Now!” The group has yet to break into...
...their tickets to the lotteried event, they were greeted by images of former George covers. Photographs of George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and a belly button bearing Cindy Crawford flashed across the big screen, which soon broadcast Clinton speaking live from Chappaqua, N.Y. “[George] blurred the political, civic, and personal” and altered the U.S. political landscape, Clinton said to the packed audience. But the panelists debated the effects of these changes. Chairman of Fox News and Fox Television Stations Roger Ailes said he did not consider the changes to be completely positive. He quoted Bruce Springsteen...
...thing that most residents ever talk about. Nor do they boast of driving a hundred miles at the speed of a John Deere tractor hauling hay. I butted in and asked the slowpoke if she had truly enjoyed her drawn-out trip or if it was just a civic-minded experiment inspired by listening to too much public radio. "I did," she insisted, "and I got so much done. I cleaned my whole CD collection and dusted my dashboard. Fifty-five is great...