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...With that background, the world - and the U.S. in particular - was never going to forget Somalia easily. As the only officially Christian country in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia has long been wary of Somalia's Islamic militias, which it describes as a "regional menace." (While it is officially Christian, Ethiopia has a population that is about half Muslim.) It shares that anti-Islamist position with the U.S., particularly since August 1998 when simultaneous suicide bombings destroyed the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, killing more than 200 people. The ringleaders were tracked to Somalia, and an Islamist...
...Reissued this year as Christmas With Peggy Lee, this innovative album contains many less familiar songs, including three of the singer-songwriter's own compositions ("Don't Forget to Feed the Reindeer," "Christmas Carousel" and "The Tree"). Lee could bring as much sex to singing as Elvis; but whereas he was singing from the gut and the gutter, she was the voice of mature eroticism. She sexualizes a neutral song like "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (undermelody: "Big fat Santa's on his way"), turning Saint Nick into a sugar daddy. Mostly, though, the mood is one of longing...
...Linsker ’07 urged his fellow residents to withhold their feedback. The “genocidal language” of the survey—specifically the decision to refer to cockroaches as “pests”—led readers “to forget that American cockroaches and house mice are, like us, animals,” he wrote. But Alpert, the entomology officer of the University’s Department of Environmental Health and Safety, said that his strategy for dealing with Lowell did not call for the massacre of any cockroaches. Prevention...
...across the river into Allston. Charlesview has been the backyard of approximately 600 residents for 35 years, but whether we’re getting down at the Game or imagining where a “Welcome to Harvard-Allston” sign would look best, it is easy to forget that Charlesview, like the rest of lower Allston, is a place where people live...
...your body revolts at the thought of unadulterated vodka or gin, try flavored liquor. The 99 schnapps line (try 99 Oranges) is ideal for such purposes.4. Binoculars. Useful for watching Clifton Dawson’s expressions during gameplay, also for spying out potential hookups. Don’t forget to check out the Eli side as well; after the fourth quarter, they’re fair game, especially if they win.5. Condoms. Because consolation sex is fun, and you’re not going to see him/her again until next year, right?6. Common sense...