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...This is a worthy event to celebrate,” said Ron Haroutunian, the orchestra bassoon player. “I feel special for taking part in it.” The concert follows the international conference “60 Years of Israeli Culture,” held earlier last week by the Judaica Division of the HCL. Both events were intended to illustrate “the vibrant spirit of Israel to the community,” according to Barry Schrage, the president of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies...
...loss to Dartmouth (8-5-1, 3-1-1 Ivy) marked its first in Ivy League play, dropping its record in the Ancient Eight to 4-1 (9-4 overall). The defeat was also the first with up-and-coming freshman goalkeeper Austin Harms in net. The rookie has held the position throughout the course of the team’s winning streak...
Showing a variety of blitz packages, man-to-man, and zone coverage, the Crimson limited Dartmouth to a miniscule 123 total yards. More impressively, Dartmouth was held to -2 total rushing yards for the entire game. Senior linebacker Eric Schultz led the way for the team with four tackles as well as an 11-yard sack...
...vines twined themselves about the tall brick walls and the statues stood serenely, untouched except by the elements. She trailed her fingertips through the clear water of her favorite fountain, in the pool of which a young stone maiden lay prostate at the feet of a scholarly hero, who held an open book aloft in one strong stone hand. Peace settled over Roxanna. And then, from the eastern corner of her garden, came the earthly, foreboding thunk of a steel spade violating the virgin earth. She lifted her skirts—which were, of course, of white muslin?...
...months, the debate over opening up Mexico's petroleum industry to foreign companies raged in the streets. Thousands of riot police held back screaming protesters from invading the Senate. Mammoth rallies screamed that the president was a puppet, selling its nationalized oil wealth out to the gringos. Banner-bearing lawmakers opposed to the president's proposal camped with sleeping bags on the podium of Congress, shutting down the legislature for weeks, as the arguments went back and forth, for and against giving international oil giants the right to sink deep wells in Mexican territory and waters, long the sacrosanct monopoly...