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...some girls to break away from the group, leaving others in the dust. So the whispering may stem from the very uncertainty of how the girls should act. And even if their goals are clear, whispering is a nervous impulse and a way to establish security in an uncertain situation. In fact, the girls probably can’t even hear what the others are saying...
...University celebrated the culmination of its long quest to establish the Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) Friday afternoon, as dozens of donors and Harvard affiliates gathered in the lobby of the center’s Knafel building for a dedication to celebrate the new complex.Sidney R. Knafel ’52, the building’s namesake, jump-started Harvard’s effort to unite faculty from the Government and History departments and nearly a dozen centers of international study with a $15 million gift almost nine years ago.The complex, situated east of Memorial Hall...
...campaign last week more than 700 miles from New Orleans, in Oklahoma City, Okla., where the team has relocated for at least a year. (To keep ties to Louisiana, the team will play six of its 41 "home" games in Baton Rouge.) NBA franchises usually get 18 months to establish themselves in a new market. From the time the Hornets finalized their move to Oklahoma City on Sept. 20 to their first regular season game on Nov. 1, the Hornets had 42 days. During that time, the team's 110 employees, many with homes damaged or destroyed and families left...
...music they deemed too loud, fast, or hard referred to it as “noise.” Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Ramones, Public Enemy; all of them were saddled with this dubious mantle in their time by more conservative tastes, before eventually winning enough converts to establish their legitimacy...
...world that these characters live in, though littered with mythical snakes, prophetesses, and omens that can only be seen by those blessed or cursed with the gift of clairvoyance, is as real to us as can be. We can only stand to learn from these characters in trying to establish our own identities and relationships in the face of history.—Crimson staff writer Jessica A. Berger can be reached at jaberger@fas.harvard.edu...