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...rock n’ roll and chugging beer are traditionally associated with men, the Harvard College Women’s Center dealt with another male-dominated environment by taking over the Pub on Saturday night. To address the under-representation of women in the rock scene, the center invited three female-led bands to perform in the Queen’s Head, as part of its “Women Rock! Pub Night.” “The vision behind this event was to celebrate women in the arts without being talky,” said Annemarie...
...Bush "the devil" at the United Nations last year, Chávez went on to win reelection in a rout. Sure, even Chávez's friends at the Santiago summit seemed to feel satisfied that he finally received an arrogant gadfly's comeuppance. But anyone who thinks it dealt a significant blow to Hurricane Hugo may be royally deceiving themselves. With reporting by Gideon Long/Santiago
Many will remember himas a patriot; more than a few will remember the death he dealt to thousands of innocents. On Aug. 6, 1945, Air Force pilot Paul Tibbets Jr. climbed into his B-29 aircraft, the Enola Gay--named after his mother--and dropped the first atom bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Nearly 80,000 people lost their lives that day, but Tibbets never expressed remorse. "I sleep clearly every night," he once said, asserting that his actions--which brought an end to the war--saved lives. Fearful of protesters, he requested that no funeral arrangements...
...kinds of issues,” he says, of peers with loans to repay and families to help support. “Hypothetically, I could do something without having to worry about how to support myself. I know you can only play the hand you’ve been dealt.” Family wealth is a reliable safety net; those who have never personally known poverty find it much easier to dismiss as a hardship. It is much easier to talk about overthrowing the system when one has never had to use it to climb...
...relief efforts stand in stark contrast to how Mexico dealt with disasters during its 71 years of one-party rule that ended in 2000. Authorities were slow to react to a catastrophic earthquake in 1985, leaving much of the rescue efforts to the public while officials tried to underplay the casualties. The new culture of disaster response has centered around active civil protection agencies, preplanned shelters in every community and a lively media, giving minute-by-minute updates on the catastrophes...