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Katonah, New York--a 12,000-person hamlet an hour north of Times Square--has a long history of standing up for itself. In 1897, after the state condemned the town to make way for a reservoir to serve the booming metropolis to the south, residents picked up their homes and moved a mile away. Literally. They loaded more than 55 houses and stores onto log rails greased with laundry soap and used horses to pull the buildings to a new town site. The Move, which is commemorated at the Katonah library with a diorama, took six months...
Then Musharraf unveiled a cover story of his own. In a rambling, hour-long speech to the nation, he invoked Abraham Lincoln and claimed he had been forced to act because of a rise in extremism in the country. And he accused the Supreme Court of "weakening the government's resolve" to fight terrorism by ordering the release of 61 suspected terrorists in the government's custody. But it wasn't the extremists who bore the brunt of Musharraf's wrath. Indeed, even as his regime cracked down on lawyers, journalists and human-rights activists, it agreed to a cease...
...case resumed after the hour-long tour with the attorneys’ opening statements, getting the highly Assistant District Attorney Adrienne C. Lynch focused on the night of the homicide, retelling the narratives of both Colono and Pring-Wilson...
...wonder whether Japan's bubble ever really burst. The clients are entertained by 50 hosts, most sporting an identical Rod Stewart-inspired hairdo. "Quite slow today," says Nobutora, No. 1 host at Top Dandy, the best-looking guy on their 'otoko' menu of male hosts. In less than an hour, there have been three "champagne calls" (when a customer buys a bottle of champagne, hosts gather around the table and cheer in the club's signature performance) and one 200-glass champagne tower to celebrated the birthday of a host. Such hedonism might not be all that surprising...
Benjamin R. Eisler ’08 is trying to increase voter turnout by hosting a half-hour television program on Channel 9 on Tuesday nights. In addition to the show, “Inside City Council,” which has run since September, Eisler hosted a television debate among 12 of the candidates. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...