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...million died of it within one year. Unusually, the 1918 flu did not come from Asia. The first outbreak began at a barracks in Kansas in the spring. The second, most virulent strain of the disease emerged simultaneously in September in Boston, Massachusetts; in Brest on the Atlantic coast of France; and in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone...
...creates the architectural splendor of the timber-wrought palaces of the region's 17th century sultans. The result?which won the prestigious Aga Khan Award for design?is a series of lovingly crafted wooden chalets and buildings wrapped around the most spectacular stretch of beach on Malaysia's east coast. Yet poor management allowed the site to deteriorate until 1997, when it was bought by the YTL Group. Three years later, the Tanjong Jara reopened with a second swimming pool, additional restaurants and a sprawling, palm-shaded spa with individual massage pavilions and a gamelan orchestra. The staff was likewise...
Bishop Allen has something to hide: they are east coast intellectuals lurking behind electric guitars. Their Diesel jeans, carefully crooked ties and artfully disheveled hair look like the outfit of a typical rock band. Their lyrics mourn lost love and lonely nights. But those lyrics belie a sophistication and tidiness that lurks under their disheveled public image...
Currently number one on Los Angeles radio station KXLU and Charlottesville’s WNRN, the band started performing on the east coast in March, and has since spent many hours driving to gigs in their 1989 Ford Econoline tour van. This past week alone found them playing in Charlottesville, New York, Philadelphia and Cambridge, and the band will be featured on a twelve-minute spot on “All Things Considered” on National Public Radio later in the spring...
...experience, nonetheless, prepared Rich and Rudder for future ventures. They sent themselves on a small east coast tour, playing hundreds of shows during the band’s two-year stint. After graduation, both settled in Cambridge and found jobs away from music—Rudder as an editor with TheSpark.com, Rich as an assistant to documentary filmmaker Erroll Morris...