Word: haloed
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...father-and-son team were going to die for a dying regime. "They were real members of the party, so they fought to the end," said Talat Haias, a city resident, many hours later as he stood over Ahmed's body, sprawled as though crucified in a blood-pooled halo on a suburban street. The two had taken up positions near the Baath Party center in Kirkuk's Huria district last Thursday and had fired at people passing by. Eventually separated, the duo hung on for about four hours before teams of Kurdish peshmerga (those who face death) shot them...
...Martin ’05 used segments of music from disparate styles, showcasing artists from John Coltrane to Universal Healing. The collaboration did not end with the music; Martin had free verse poetry recited and an a cappella solo performed on stage as accompaniment for the dancers in a halo of blue light...
Another advantage of HALO is that it gives them an excuse not to attend class. But, Espy notes, this might be deceptive. “We never went to class before. [HALO] gave us more incentive,” he says. In a childlike voice, Graham admits he has had dreams about HALO. The players’ aliases even carry over to real life. Okusanya says he’s entered as “Azazel” on Lambert’s phone, for example. Caleb I. Franklin ’05 chooses more historically inspired names...
...love life of a HALO fanatic, the game has been known to be an obstacle. Okusanya orders everyone to “raise your hand if you have NOT lied to a girl about HALO.” No one is able...
...players, many well into their senior spring, HALO is a way of momentarily escaping their stuffy Harvard lives and relaxing, in a semi-hostile way, with friends. The pressure is off, an equation that can only result in more HALO. As Lambert says wearily, “I’m just trying to graduate...