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...waiting car, drove them to a deserted highway pull-off, and shot them in the head. The murderers then fled across the "green line" that has divided Cyprus since 1974. For a moment, it seemed that justice might take its course. Turkish-Cypriot police, in the north of the island, arrested the occupants of an unregistered car matching the description of a vehicle at the crime scene. But when prosecutors asked for other evidence to be handed over, Greek-Cypriot authorities in the south refused, demanding that the trial be held on their turf. United Nations mediators tried but failed...
...LONG ISLAND SHORES MINDY SMITH Smith gets filed under country because her songs tell little stories (the title track is about a family reunion that ends with a trip to a grave), but she's really a hybrid of folk and adult pop: equal parts Patty Griffin and Norah Jones. For lyrics, this native New Yorker leans on just a few evocative nouns, and her melodies grow in the wide open spaces between delicately played guitar chords. Her singing on the standouts You Just Forgot and Please Stay is cool and restrained--not from an absence of feeling but from...
...those willing to put in a little extra travel time, Helgen has also coordinated a system of shuttling volunteers out to Rhode Island in order to deliver some much-appreciated support for Sheldon Whitehouse, the Democratic candidate for Senate. Students drag themselves out of bed by 10 a.m. every Saturday to climb onto a bus full of fellow Dems ready for a long day of phone calls, envelope stuffing, and making sure there’s enough caffeine to go around...
With the midterm elections rapidly approaching, students active in the Dems organization jump at the opportunity to help out with various campaigns—even if it means tedious phone calls without any compensation or an uncomfortable bus ride out to Rhode Island with only HUDS bagels for sustenance...
...Democrats certainly get a few extra credit points for effort, according to Alex Swartsel, the communications director for the Whitehouse Senate campaign. “The Harvard Democrats have come down to Rhode Island every weekend since mid-September to reach out to voters,” she says. “They have been a tremendous help...