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...elevator on 9/11. An immigrant family treasures an old photo of a man holding a gun. While these images may seem purely dark, the writers who created them explained they are the source of humor as well as melacholy in a Harvard panel entitled “Dreams, Sex, Dust: Three Vietnamese American Writers.” Novelist Gish Jen ’77 moderated the April 12 event together with Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of African and African American Studies Werner Sollors. Essayist Andrew Lam, performance artist Lan Tran, and poet Truong Tran all presented readings...
Hungry Quincy House residents were forced to seek sustenance in neighboring Houses Friday as a result of a renovation glitch that filled their own dining hall with dust. The dining hall first shut down at breakfast time on Friday and remained closed until Saturday morning. Crista Martin, director for marketing and communications at Harvard University Dining Services, said the eating facility was closed because of safety concerns. “Dust got into the dining area and, as a safety precaution, they closed down the dining hall until they could clean it up,” Martin said. The dust...
...little girl," Stewart says. "My mother made our clothes--every year we had a new Easter coat--and taught me the basics of sewing at a young age." Stewart admits that she hasn't sewed her own clothes in years, but she still makes the occasional dust ruffle and says her skills remain sharp. Gesturing to her spring jacket, she says, "This coat, I must tell you, I did not make. But I could...
MAGNUM P.I.'S FERRARI 308 AND THE A-TEAM'S GMC VAN Their glory days as mustache-delivery system and crack-commando conveyance behind them, these '80s alpha sleds now gather dust on the Universal Studios back lot, posing for tourist photos...
...short term, some of the northern, industrialized countries may actually benefit. Canada, Russia and parts of the U.S. will for a time experience shorter winters and bumper harvests. But the already arid southwestern U.S. could become a permanent dust bowl, while Australia will see intensified droughts and agricultural decline throughout the country's populated south and east...