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...impoverished one. Catering to this crowd, Morning Musume, a Japanese version of the Spice Girls, added two new singers to its nine-woman line-up this year. Both are Chinese. The move was no doubt geared toward attracting a Chinese audience, but the group's producer is equally keen on maintaining a Japanese fan base. "I had older relatives who told me not to come to Japan because of what it did to China during the war," says Li Chun, 19, one of Morning Musume's Chinese additions. "But I told them, music is universal. It doesn't matter where...
...Campaign staffers, of course, can be found all over the country. But thanks to the unusually complicated nature of the caucuses (which involves not a quick trip to the voting booth but an entire evening spent at a precinct caucus with complicated procedures) and the unusually keen participation of Iowans, the grassroots campaign here is longer and more intense than almost anywhere else. "Often times, the questions from 12-year-olds in Iowa are far more intelligent and relevant than a lot I've gotten from adults all across the country," says Carter Wamp, 23, of Nashville, a staffer...
...keen sense of what ails the Kingdom of Belgium, the disarmingly picturesque town of Hoeilaart is the perfect destination. Located just a few miles south of Brussels, it has a multiturreted town hall resembling a fairy-tale château, and a rich history involving Roman armies, Augustinian monks and medieval dukes. Since late last month, it also has a new law that makes proficiency in Dutch, the official language of Belgium's Flemish region, a precondition for buying public land. That puts a hard new edge on the increasing alienation between the country's linguistic communities, but Mayor...
Returning after a two-week hiatus and facing its biggest test of the season thus far, the Harvard wrestling team garnered a 20th-place finish at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational at the Hilton Convention Center. In the two-day event, two Crimson wrestlers, sophomore J.P. O’Connor and junior co-captain Louis Caputo, advanced to the semifinals, finishing second and fifth, respectively. O’Connor, the No. 2 seed, wrestled third seed Lance Palmer of Ohio State in the semifinal at 149 lb. and pulled off a close 4-3 decision victory. In the final...
...returning talents are set to compete for the Harvard wrestling squad at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this weekend. The tournament marks the highlight of the fall competition. “Cliff Keen is our first semester peak,” Crimson Coach Jay Weiss said. “We’ll then come back [from break] and work back up. This will be our practice run for the NCAA tournament.” Harvard placed seventh last year with two wrestlers reaching the finals. Despite stiffer competition, the Crimson looks to better last year?...