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...avoiding the trickier parts of Afghanistan. It seems that NATO's reputation is being built more on British (and Dutch) sacrifice than anyone else's. And while young Britons are dying in Afghanistan, it ill behoves NATO's nonperformers to dance a victory jig. Robert F. Birkett, DRINKSTONE GREEN, ENGLAND...
...savannah to desert, winelands to white-sand beaches - could stand in for almost anywhere, while the people of the Rainbow Nation, with a carefully placed sombrero here or a hijab there, could be almost anyone. Hollywood descended. In the last few years, South Africa has doubled as 16th century England, Iraq, Mexico, the earth in 10,000 B.C. and outer space - as well as other parts of Africa. As a result, Cape Town now finds itself home to a thriving film industry that employs 25,000 people and contributes some $800 million a year to South Africa's economy, according...
...mints are available in the bathroom just down the hall. The coatroom is to your left, from which you may reclaim your belongings for a mere $25 service fee. Thank you very much. We hope you have enjoyed your glimpse of our values, the quality of service and New England virtue we strive to embody. Incidentally, have we mentioned our reduced membership fee for students? Good evening sirs, mademoiselles. Good evening. We hope to see you again soon. Jessica A. Sequeira ’11, a Crimson associate editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House...
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky read six of his poems at the Harvard Advocate on Friday, accompanied by New England Conservatory senior Andrew Urbina on alto sax and by NEC professor “Rakalam” Bob Moses on percussion. The sounds of Urbina’s alto sax and Moses’ percussion were interspersed with Pinsky’s poetry. At times, the poet danced a little to the music as he read, and at other times, he remained silent for minutes as Moses and Urbina performed. “It’s all about...
Published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, the report examined the causes of death for 60,481 Iraqi civilians killed violently during the first five years of the war, using statistics compiled by Iraq Body Count. The findings are surprising to anyone familiar with the regular headlines from Iraq blaring explosions around the country. Executions with firearms, not bomb blasts, have killed most civilians in Iraq. Researchers say 33% of the victims examined in the study died by execution after abduction or capture. And 29% of those victims had signs of torture on their bodies such...