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Welcome to the Information Age. In this glorious era, you’re guaranteed up-to-the-minute coverage of the latest election results, daily developments in Iraq, and the fact that at 8:43 p.m, things got complicated between Reese and Ryan (insert any broken-heart icon here...
...which does not consider itself just another Lebanese political party. Hizballah is firmly convinced it won its 33-day war with Israel this summer - if only by holding off the Israeli army and not returning the soldiers it kidnapped. The war turned Hizballah Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah into an icon of resistance across the Islamic world. One Lebanese Shi'a told me Nasrallah's standing now is higher than that of Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Khameini - which if true would be an earthshaking shift in the Middle East. Finally, considering that Hizballah's military forces are stronger and more disciplined...
...Look at all the hate I see, I’m sick / You can’t get rid of me, I’m HIV.” It’s difficult to understand why he would say something like that when his rap icon, Eazy-E from N.W.A., whose likeness The Game had tattooed on his right forearm, died from complications from AIDS...
Plush, comfortable couches and fluffy floor cushions. A tastefully mellow color scheme. On the television, that feminist-lite icon of the 1990s, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.”Welcome to the Harvard College Women’s Center, whose current offerings—free photocopying for student organizations and free coffee—complement the mild and pleasant decor. Indeed, students of all persuasions enjoy the comfortable atmosphere.Rafael A.P. Miranda ’09 goes to the Center every Friday to work on organic chemistry problem sets, unfazed by its gendered name...
...Pabst, who was close to hiring Marlene Dietrich before Brooks said yes, knew that the Germans would be outraged that an American flapper was playing their Lulu, a character that was nearly a national icon. (Imagine the flap in Britain if this were announced: Brad Pitt is James Bond.) But they couldn't resist Brooks' fresh approach, which painted Lulu as a naif with bad taste in beaux. A carnal Candide, a blithe arsonist of men's hearts, she has no calculation in her, just a knowing or beckoning smile. Her face makes a kind of smile when...