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...When they came in 1940, there were waiters and crystal in the dining halls,” Betty Petschek said about her husband’s class. “That changed when World War II started...
...Gina Grant, an all-star student at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, was accepted to join the Harvard Class of 1999. On her application, however, she failed to mention that she had bludgeoned her abusive, alcoholic mother to death with a crystal candlestick at age 14. Though the case was sealed, letters began to flow to the Boston Globe after she was featured in an article about successful, under-resourced students. The College rescinded her offer of admission...
...Cell—The Daily Life of a Sojourner,” is an amalgam of highly intricate silkscreen prints, projected images, and readymade objects covered in hot glue. The glue sheath gives the objects a unique duality—in the light they glimmer like crystal while in the shadows they appear to be coated in melted candle wax. The work of SMFA students, however, is not confined to the SMFA galleries. Next door, an exhibit at the MFA, which opened on Saturday April 10th, features the work of the five SMFA Traveling Scholars. The scholarship, awarded to select...
...most foreigners, however, Aceh's main attraction is its stunning natural heritage, starting with beaches like Lampuuk. Just outside Banda Aceh, it has a bay with golden sand and crystal waters. Weh Island, a short ferry ride away, ranks among the region's best dive spots. While skimpy swimwear is definitely out, alcohol is sold - discreetly - to non-Muslim guests at a few beach resorts and Banda Aceh hotels. A bigger problem, admits one tourism official, is the cannabis that grows in abundance in Aceh's hills and unerringly finds its way to beaches where foreign surfers congregate...
...date, in fact, the only thing crystal clear is the market's verdict on Google's stand. And however noble Google's anti-censorship stand may be, one of its large institutional investors (who did not want to be identified publicly) no doubt speaks for many when he says, "There are still a lot of us who can't believe they are going to be out of the Chinese search market; that they've effectively made this choice." But out is what the world's dominant search company will apparently be. "I guess," says the investor, "we just...