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...long way to returning natural systems to their ecological functions.”Of course, Harvard’s revised master plan is still plenty controversial—at a meeting of the Allston task force on Monday, residents peppered Harvard’s planners with requests for more detail, leveling criticism at some of the things that Harvard has proposed—such as building two additional roads through the neighborhood—and at things that it hasn’t—anything concrete for what it wants to do with the Holton Street Corridor.But even...
...things here, pin things there,” Sung says. Her past experience in fashion has been in another realm of garments: t-shirts. She started making them in high school, specializing in “screen printing, lots of hand-stitching, embroidery, beading, and...a great attention to detail.” What began as a personal hobby has now become a full-fledged company called Port and Kit, a name inspired by the two protagonists from her favorite book, “The Sheltering Sky” by Paul Bowles. Sung created the company with her older sister...
...press has been awash in stories lately in which anonymous sources detail the infighting and blame-throwing going on within the campaign and the anger and fear felt by Republicans outside it; over the weekend, rising tension between aides to running mate Sarah Palin and McCain loyalists was on display, with one McCain adviser telling CNN that Palin was a "diva" who didn't listen to anyone. Morale was already an issue two weeks ago, when Schmidt gave a pep talk to staffers and volunteers at the campaign's Arlington, Va., headquarters. "Being part of an effort that fails does...
...detail of Byzantine art can sometimes seem rudimentary, it's not because the empire was uncultivated or primitive. For many years considered by Western intellectuals to be pompous and decadent - Voltaire called it a "worthless repertory of declamations and miracles" - the Byzantine Empire is now seen by historians as a crucial bridge connecting antiquity to the Renaissance, as the keeper of the sacred flame of classical learning through the so-called Dark Ages. It was also a melting pot of influences. Byzantines, who were devout Christians, considered themselves the inheritors of the Roman Empire, despite the fact that they spoke...
...cracking and complicated relationships. How can the guy who wrote the music for the Outback Steakhouse commercial have relationship problems? On the rest of the album, Barnes eschews the breakup described in “Hissing Fauna” and spends most of his time describing, in hilarious detail, his various sexual desires and exploits. “We can do it softcore if you want,” he says; he wants to “make you come 200 times a day” and “ejaculate until it’s no longer...