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...Revitalized by our freakish discovery, we climed back in the car and followed my dad’s inner compass down the hill where the road emptied into a village. We bounced slowly over the cobblestones of the street, beginning to get the feeling that cars weren’t big in town. Three older Italian men in suspenders, who were tanned the color of leather from the boiling Calabrian sun, sat playing chess under the awning of a caffé while sipping espresso and motioning with their hands. Every one of them was the spitting image of my grandfather...
...nationals at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. “It went well,” sophomore Colin West said. “There were definitely some guys who had great results.” The most impressive performance of the weekend came from freshman Richard Hill who took the Malloy Cup, or men’s “B” bracket. In the semifinal round of play, Hill came from behind to beat Yale junior Francis Johnson. Johnson took the first game, 10-8, but Hill rallied back to take the lead, 2-1. Johnson took...
While the orchestra rehearsed, our minders took the journalists on a whirlwind tour of Pyongyang. One highlight: a hill overlooking the city, where a gigantic bronze statue of the Great Leader stands in front of the Korean Revolutionary Museum. There was no one around as we snapped photos of one another in front of the Big Man, but as we were about to leave, a group of around 40 people walked up in orderly rows, approaching the statue reverentially and then bowing deeply. But before we could ask what, exactly, the Great Leader meant to them, their tour guide herded...
Would you ever consider running for office? -Dan Walton, Canton, OhioI never really considered it, but it's not a bad idea. I'm not going to be getting parts in the next five to 10 years-I'll be over the hill. [Laughs.] Maybe I can go into politics once I'm too ugly for Hollywood...
...drumbeats are used to reinforce Badu’s politically charged lyrics. While the album successfully provokes listeners, it sacrifices some musical quality to its political aims. The “New Amerykah” cover art serves as a blaring warning that the fainthearted and “Hill-Duff” fans should probably sit this one out. Fetuses, cellular phones, black power fists, whips, dollar signs, and a double helix caught in Badu’s afro immediately signal that she has a lot to sing about. In album opener “Amerykahn Promise...