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...afternoon as he strolled around Beijing's funky 798 district, a series of crumbling redbrick factories that house the Chinese capital's largest concentration of art galleries. Appearing at an opening for the painter Yang Shaobin, the 44-year-old millionaire businessman stands out from the crowd of black-clad, ponytailed dealers, critics and artists, more John Travolta than Jasper Johns. His black hair is permed into loose curls that flounce slightly as he walks, his torso covered by a tight, long-sleeved silk shirt decorated with swirling white, brown and black shapes, a large medallion bearing a golden crown...
...major-college atmosphere and talent level of the Eagles—was blown out in the early minutes. Michigan’s Crisler Arena seats 13,700 fans, a far cry from the 2,200 of Lavietes Pavilion, and is a good bet to be chock full of maize-clad Michigan students.Harvard can try to neutralize that psychological edge, as Cusworth mentioned, by gaining confidence from Vermont’s stunning 14-point upset of No. 14 Boston College in Chestnut Hill on Monday. That same Catamounts squad was beaten by Harvard in last year’s opener.The Crimson...
...Gears” is a violent tactical shooter, with photorealistic graphics and elegant gameplay.But you’d be hard-pressed to deduce any of this from watching the TV spot.The ad opens with a post-apocalyptic scene of wreckage, as a lone armor-clad space marine type runs through desolate streets, pumping rounds into foreboding alien-infested shadows. So far, so good. But as the “camera”—all footage was captured in-game, as Microsoft gleefully points out—pans down on the first shot, the plaintive piano melody of Gary...
...this way, “The Unofficial Guide to Harvard with Murder” serves to educate the reader about the daily lives of the Crimson clad while also entertaining him with creatures of the night. It is successful in mentioning everything from Ec10 to Hillel. The bold descriptions are informative and amusing, describing not only Harvard activities, but also personalities: “If there was one thing Parker hated worse than being scared, it was being wrong. (Being wrong: Every Harvard student’s worst nightmare...
What with the crimson and cream-clad crowd, I’d feel right at home...