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This is the biggest obstacle to becoming a Harvard celebrity. I can take photos, send them to GossipGeek, maybe even make the front page. But this self-promotion will accomplish nothing unless people find me interesting. And with our skeptical attitude towards celebrities at large, Harvardians tend to look dubiously...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Fame! | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

It was all glitter and gold on Friday in the Bright Hockey Center for the annual Eleganza fashion show. In front of a crowd estimated at nearly 2,000, with a sold-out VIP section, 49 students paraded down the runway modeling a colorful array of getups. The theme of...

Author: By Synne D. Chapman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Eleganza Show Wows Crowd | 4/27/2008 | See Source »

The two structured the film to resemble the city itself. Bethel notes that just as Atlanta is an eclectic town with little sense of community, so too the vignettes within the film are essentially unrelated, despite being set against the same geographical backdrop. The dynamism of the city also determined...

Author: By Ama R. Francis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Terminus' Explores Limits of Narrative | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

To one side of the clearing on the remote border, Sudanese government soldiers bristled with weapons and kept a lookout. To the other, there was little but an impenetrable wall of Congolese bush. In between gathered an eclectic mix of Sudanese mediators, Ugandan government ministers, journalists, rock-and-roll activists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uganda's Unfinished Peace | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

Still, Telenor's reception in Asia has been generally free of controversy. "Norwegians are seen as friendly people," reckons Sigve Brekke, the Norwegian CEO of Telenor's Thai operator DTAC, "from a small country far away, which is not seen as a threat." That perception could ease Telenor's way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Long-Distance Calling | 4/23/2008 | See Source »

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