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...seem to have much in common, but when both are employed as flying implements for bespectacled preteen orphans, similarities tend to emerge. The broomstick, as many know, is a mode of transportation for Harry Potter, star of the book series by British author J.K. Rowling. The musical instrument is used to similar effect by Tanya Grotter, protagonist of a popular book series by Russian author Dmitry Yemets. Tanya first showed up in August in Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass, which sold 100,000 copies in Russia. Like Harry, Tanya is an orphan who resides in a world swirling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 18, 2002 | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...without any equipment or means to get them to Afghanistan. Part of the problem is that the army is not highly regarded at home. "It comes from Hungarian history," says another Western diplomat in Budapest. "When you have a military that during the Warsaw Pact period was considered the instrument of an oppressive regime, there is not a lot of public support for it." And once Hungary was inside the alliance, politicians balked at the cost of the necessary military reforms. Competing projects, particularly expensive preparations for E.U. accession, took priority. "Of the three new members, Hungary has done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lacks Discipline, Must Try Harder | 11/17/2002 | See Source »

...Jones was the band’s business manager and, though he did not play an instrument, attended every concert...

Author: By Sarah L. Bishop, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: City Council Regular ‘Jonesy’ Dies at 82 | 11/15/2002 | See Source »

Grohl, an only partially reformed drummer, uses his guitar at least as much as rhythm instrument as for melody and the result is relentless stream of power-chord headbangers. As the tattered black heart on the cover illustrates, the album is a tribute to disaffected love: “I may be scattered, a little shattered / What does it matter? / Noone has a fit like I do / I’m the only one that fits you.” The lyrics even border on kitsch sometimes, though only because Grohl couldn’t care less. Here the guitar...

Author: By Arts Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Music | 11/14/2002 | See Source »

...with the water glasses and one with the narrow metal-rimmed barrels. Richmond, Mason and the other Snappy dancers ultimately decided on the barrels—which were originally used in the textile industry to hold cotton—because, after all, the barrel is a more versatile instrument: you can stand on it, throw it, hang it from the ceiling, roll on it, or stick it on a head, leg or arm. Mason says the barrels “felt dirty, heavy, painful—but at the same time empowering. If you stand on them, you?...

Author: By Jannie S. Tsuei, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Snapping To It | 11/7/2002 | See Source »

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