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...reports from his desk, a freshly laid-off journalist trails a security guard out of the building. Yet The Soloist still makes you want to run out and be a newspaper columnist. Crazy? Maybe a little. Certainly most industry observers would gently suggest you choose a more obtainable, sensible goal and, given the economy, it's unlikely The Soloist will cause a run on journalism schools the way All the President's Men did in 1976. But perhaps at the least, appreciative audiences will be encouraged to respond to those irritating subscription solicitations before there's nothing left to subscribe...
...fast-growing crazes in Kabul and a popular cult figure is California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The governor's likeness can be found at makeshift gyms throughout the city, which use cinder blocks and old Soviet tank parts for equipment. To many young Afghans, Schwarzenegger embodies the virtues of discipline, goal-setting and accomplishment. Afghans prefer the U.S. to the Taliban, but they have suffered too long from 40% unemployment and a reconstruction that never arrived. Ralph Lopez, CAMBRIDGE, MASS...
...called for an increased tutor presence in each house and restructured Senior Common Rooms. The report was released to the community on April 1 in an e-mail from Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds. In a preface to the report, she writes that Harvard’s goal to “revitalize the House system” would still be pursued despite “challenging economic times.” But, surely, these planned renovations and improvements will now have to wait. In the meantime, the university should ensure that the organizational heart of College residential...
...going to really help us out.”The Crimson needs to win three of four in this weekend’s series to win the title—and the spot in the Ivy League Championship Series that comes along with it.“Our goal is to win four, we know we have to take three, but the faster we get those wins in, the better,” co-captain Hayley Bock said. “We’re going to try to beat them no matter what field we?...
...Clearly we had a goal,” Sibilski said. “We knew that if we won we would be Ivy champs so everyone was really excited...