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Even larger economic forces may play a role. "It seems to be inextricably bound up to ... stagnant wages in the global economy," Clinton told the Governors. "The price of everything has gone up except food. Food is still a good deal in America." Rates of childhood obesity are worst among the poor and are a particular challenge in immigrant communities--in part because there's no cheaper dose of assimilation than a trip to Burger King. The New York Times Magazine reported that a couple of years ago, after administrators trimmed fat and sugar from menus at schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Fat | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

...last 30 years, Boston has been going Baroque. However, except for a devoted contingent of fans, few Harvard students are aware that Boston features the preeminent early music scene in America, if not the world.The early music genre encompasses European music from the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries, as performed on historically accurate, or period, instruments. Boston is currently home to numerous internationally-renowned vocal and orchestral early music groups, as well as dozens of smaller, but equally talented, ensembles. “Boston is the birthplace of period instruments and performance,” explains Carole Friedman, the executive director...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Golden Oldies: Inside Boston's Booming Early-Music Scene | 3/16/2006 | See Source »

...Same reason I’m there, except with my buddies I like to defend Drew Housman as a viable four-year point guard while these kids like to organize some sweet brass and wind arrangements. And I, for one, don’t need a trombone in the background to get excited about a go-ahead goal or a key second-half defensive stop...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Band Gets a Vote of Confidence | 3/16/2006 | See Source »

...05­, who was a Crimson Editorial Chair, was directing Pinter’s ‘Betrayal,” and asked me to be his stage manager,” Dorin says. “Since then I’ve tried almost every staff position, except light design, because I’m color-blind, and technical direction, because I’m petrified of the table-saw.”Dorin first tackled the role of director last year, with Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women.” He describes...

Author: By Margot E. Edelman, | Title: Spotlight | 3/16/2006 | See Source »

...05­, who was a Crimson Editorial Chair, was directing Pinter’s ‘Betrayal,” and asked me to be his stage manager,” Dorin says. “Since then I’ve tried almost every staff position, except light design, because I’m color-blind, and technical direction, because I’m petrified of the table-saw.” Dorin first tackled the role of director last year, with Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women.” He describes...

Author: By Margot E. Edelman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spotlight: Rowan W. Dorin '07 | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

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