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...Just when they began to wonder how much longer they could keep the project going, a group of local veterans volunteered to groom and replant the memorial in time for Veterans Day. About a dozen men, using plumb lines and measuring sticks, worked four full days last week replanting the flags in perfectly spaced and tidy rows...
...Bodas de Sangre” was not up to par with the women’s. The leading actor, Matthew S. Blumenthal ’08, was adequate as the ex-lover Leonardo. His performance was compromised by garbled speech and a sometimes-incomprehensible accent.The performance of the Groom (Roberto Travieso ’08) was for the most part unconvincing. Ironically, he excelled at the most challenging part of the play: his final breakdown before he set out to murder Leonardo.Three actors with smaller roles deserve praise for their interpretations. Nina L. Vizcarrondo...
Even at Harvard, a veritable cesspool of overachievers, it is hard to find women who do not groom themselves extensively. My roommate spends an average of half an hour daily sprucing herself up—and that’s just the eyeliner. Yet when I ask other girls what drives them to perform this elaborate daily ritual, the answer is telling. As the women in the many time allocation surveys agreed, this is an activity that makes them happy. On a happiness scale from 1 to 6, “wash, dress, personal care” scores a solid...
...government officials have pushed for years to get more blacks on the Springbok team. Rugby clubs say there is little black talent to recruit for world-class tournaments - a reflection, in part, of the fact that few black students can afford to attend the élite high schools that groom most of the country's rugby stars. Springbok manager Yeye faults the white-dominated club and provincial level rugby system for failing to promote black players. "We've got 40 million blacks at home," he says, "and I've got only six of them in the squad...
...says Kashmiri weddings comprise an almost month-long cycle of feasts and exchange of gifts between the bride's and the groom's family. "Each side tries to outdo the other in the amount and value of gifts they offer," he says, "and this is considered to have become an unquestionable custom." His organization's members have committed to spending $1,250 or less on their wedding, and to hold "simple and austere" weddings in accordance with Shariah law, he says...