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Murphy said he plans to try to make Harvard’s home opener a night game every season, alternating between Holy Cross in even years and Brown during odd ones...
...residents said that they would not leave if government officials said they had to evacuate due to a major hurricane. In a similar survey conducted in 2006, only 23 percent of people said they would not evacuate. The study, which the HSPH developed in consultation with government and Red Cross officials, was designed to assess problems residents had during past hurricanes and attitudes towards upcoming emergencies...
...Those steering Taiwan's arts scene say cross-strait traffic has grown steadily over the past 10 years or so, helped by China's economic rise and fewer government restrictions from both sides. Stronger financial support for Chinese performers traveling to Taiwan has come in the wake of China's new wealth. So has a flurry of private arts promoters, keen to bring Taiwan artists to the mainland, where they are a big box-office draw. But deeper processes are at work, too. "Culture doesn't take sides, so the issue of arts exchange isn't so sensitive," says...
Senator Gustavo Selva was running late. With downtown Rome blocked off for President Bush's one-day visit in June, the veteran Italian lawmaker had to cross the capital to get to a live television appearance. Selva confronted the challenge with all the brio - and arrogance - of a man of his station: he phoned for an ambulance and had it dispatch him to the address of his "cardiologist," which, of course, was that of the TV studio. Once on air, Selva, a former radio news executive, proudly dished out the tale of his own resourcefulness, hailing his ruse...
...Thompson says that the Sunni insurgency in Madain - as elsewhere in Iraq - is divided between nationalist elements and the jihadists of al-Qaeda in Iraq. The al-Qaeda group has based itself in a bend in the Tigris River dominated by fish farms, and the dike roads that criss-cross the area cannot carry the weight of U.S. vehicles...