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...protesters aren't the only ones who dislike the idea of the Republican Party's moving to the center, even though almost all of the 51 House seats the party has lost in the past two elections have come from moderate districts. "Democrats gained power by going to the most liberal Senator in the U.S. Senate, and they ran him for the presidency and they won," Laura Ingraham, a conservative talk-radio host said on Fox News Sunday. "They were relentlessly attacking George [W.] Bush for several years from the left. They didn't move to the middle...
...extended article in the April 27 issue of The New Yorker about the storied history of Lowell’s bells. Like many undergraduates at Harvard, Batuman said she was not very interested in the bells during her time as a student. “I just had no idea what was up with them other than that they were rung every Sunday,” she said. “I remember it being early in the morning, although now I realize it was at 1:00 in the afternoon.” According to Batuman, the bells...
...Those of us who were involved had such high hopes," she says. "The state blocked us at every stage. It could've been such a good thing. I sit here now, watching businesses close and people wondering if they'll lose their houses. It's sad. But the idea of housing Gitmo prisoners here just floors me. It would be scary...
Such uplift would be a seductive proposition at any time. As markets tumble and great institutions falter, the idea that the future can be predicted - and potentially improved by that foresight - seems irresistible. The British Astrological and Psychic Society reports demand for readings rising faster than the country's national debt. Practitioners also note a surge in first-time clients, many of them men. Ashby says her clientele used to be 80% female; "now it's about 60/40...
...Yoshitsu ’10 have contributed pieces to the exhibition. “I think the show started off as an exploration of textiles, not necessarily as a medium, but as a frame of mind,” Kase says. “And so the idea of textiles was our jumping off point. Then a lot of our conversation about what the cohesive element would be grew more out of each individual’s engagement with the idea of textiles.” The artwork in the exhibition ranges from knits to video to sculpture. Lien...