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...During a news conference in the Rose Garden in September when Bush was being hammered about his response to Katrina, he seemed eager to show how much he'd been studying and pondering the possible consequences of a flu pandemic for the nation and the world. He even recommended John Barry's epic The Great Influenza, about the epidemic of 1918, which new genetic research shows was caused by bird flu. Bush had started reading it in July and finished it at the ranch during his working vacation, the staff said. Despite the time, attention and enthusiasm Bush has brought...
...shanty 'burbs of honiara, there are no jobs for school leavers. Even those few who have pursued higher learning are stuck. The new mainstay of the economy, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, is not recruiting people whose paltry work skills consist of helping out in the family garden or running a betel-nut stall. Boredom and mischief await those who come to the capital from distant provinces. Social workers and police describe growing alienation and crime. On the main island of Guadalcanal, there's the allied scourge of substance abuse, involving a potent moonshine known as kwaso. With...
...Alice Waters was sent off to a party wearing a radish bracelet, strawberry necklace and lettuce-leaf skirt assembled from her parents' Victory garden. It was the beginning of a lifetime of involvement with fresh foods. Chez Panisse, the restaurant she opened in Berkeley, Calif., in 1971, ranks among the best in the country. As a chef and food activist, she "may be the most influential figure in the past 30 years of the American kitchen," says Gourmet magazine. Waters, 61, talked with TIME's BARBARA ISENBERG about why consuming and appreciating natural foods is so important...
...woman unaffiliated with Harvard was followed down Garden Street and indecently assaulted by a suspect still at large last Monday morning, a police community advisory released yesterday stated. The female victim, whose identity was not released, was reportedly walking away from the Harvard Square T stop at Mass Ave. and Church Street at 6:30 a.m. when an unidentified male began to follow her. Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) was informed by Cambridge Police Department (CPD) yesterday that the woman was indecently assaulted at Garden Street and Appian Way, according to the HUPD community advisory, which was sent to students...
...music if it leaves me poor and homeless. There’s always a job, but my career and love will always be music.”While it’s common for an alienated teenager with a guitar to dream of selling out shows at Madison Square Garden, studying at Harvard tends to temper dreams of rock stardom. More young men here have their hopes set on being the next JFK than being the next Mick Jagger, but Carbone’s ambition still burns. It helps to have the right fuel. Called and Careless?...