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...attributed Alo’s lackluster sales to the recession. “I mean, we’ve got an economy problem here,” she said. “All these shops everywhere are dropping like flies.” The Santa Marias’ first foray in Harvard Square was a leather goods store, which opened at Via Vai’s current location in 1985. According to Marie, the economic recession of the early ’90s prompted them to turn from leather to clothing. “We’ve gone through...
...showing him apparently eating his own earwax during a session of Parliament prompted a national chorus of guffaws, as did the revelation that the straitlaced Rudd visited a New York strip club during a visit in 2003 (he claimed not to remember much because he was drunk). The racy foray didn't cause lasting damage - in fact, one newspaper poll found 85% of respondents thought the evening's entertainment showed Rudd to be "a normal bloke." (See the special report: Australian Journey...
...disposing of everything from a finger to a maggot-infested paper bag—the girls move from insulting one another to forming a substantial and trusting relationship.The film’s premise, inspired by a National Public Radio report on two best friends’ real-life foray into the biohazard removal business, is refreshingly far-fetched. Every other aspect of the film, however, begs to be compared to Big Beach’s Oscar-nominated 2006 release, “Little Miss Sunshine.” From the Albuquerque setting to the overuse of the word...
...enterprise that can provide long-term stability. Her alternative solutions include widespread microfinancing and unfettered agricultural trade with the West. Africa could also use more foreign direct investment--which China regularly provides, despite howls over its deals with the continent's more unsavory regimes. Still, Moyo notes, China's "foray into Africa is all business"--there's not a smidgen of pity involved. Which is the way it should...
Kirkland resident Abel Acuña '11 and Pforzheimer's Johnathan M. Brugal '10 may be stealing some of the limelight from Harvard Hooligans. The duo's first foray into YouTube notoriety consists of a single one-minute music video. In the film, called "Harvard Bros", the two traipse around some of Harvard's most austere icons, singing about genitalia...