Word: eleventh
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...tutu and sprinkled himself with glitter. It was time for the grand finale. A stagehand emerged to light a sparkler, which fizzed cheerfully, sending off little flickers of white light. The sparkler, of course, was sticking out of Krylon Superstar’s ass. Now in its eleventh year, the Sex Workers’ Art Show bills itself as a blend of consciousness-raising, entertainment, and titillation. The show’s national tour gives workers in the sex industry—strippers, porn actors, burlesque dancers, dominatrixes—a chance to present a more nuanced view of their...
...fact, there is historical precedent for an attempt at a partnered presidency, which, in its eleventh hour character, offers lessons on how the process should not be conducted. In 1980, Ronald Reagan engaged in intense negotiations at the Republican convention for ex-President Gerald Ford to return as Reagan’s super-vice president. Later that night, the discussions finally faltered, Reagan picked up the phone and belatedly offered the vice-presidency to someone else . Enter George H. W. Bush and, eventually, George W. Bush. Of such missed opportunities and personal dynamics, history is made...
...victory against Northeastern at the TD Banknorth Garden.Last night’s win marks the Crimson’s first victory in the opening round of the Beanpot in a decade. Appearing in the final round for the 25th time, the Crimson is now looking for its eleventh championship title.“I’m really excited for our team and happy for our seniors that have a chance to play for the title in front of a big crowd next Monday night,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91.With seven seniors...
South Korean election campaigns are famous for dramatic events in the eleventh hour, and this presidential election is proving to be no different. On Monday, just two days before the Dec. 19 polls, Korea's parliament, the National Assembly, approved a plan to open an investigation into allegations of fraud against presidential front-runner Lee Myung Bak. The Assembly greenlighted the probe after a video surfaced over the weekend of a lecture Lee gave in 2000, in which he claimed that he set up Korean investment firm BBK, a connection he had previously denied. Kim Kyung Joon, the head...
...15th century, Sikhism drew from Sufism, Islam and Hinduism, but rejected what it saw as their worst traditions, such as the Hindu caste system. It later incorporated the teachings of nine other Gurus, or teachers, which are collected in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book revered as the eleventh Guru. The religion claims 23 million followers today, 76 percent of whom live in the Indian state of Punjab. Although they make up only 2% of the wider Indian population, they are a close-knit and prosperous community with a strong cultural affiliation. But the battle to preserve the turban...