Word: kite
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...this year’s first intercollegiate Battle of the Bands. Two Harvard groups competed with acts from Berklee College of Music and Northeastern University to win over the audience that filled the upstairs of Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square. The Berklee indie group, Fly Upright Kite, came in first place with Harvard’s well-known Major Major tying with Northeastern’s Stolen Records for second. The all-girl Harvard rock band, Plan B for the Type A’s finished third. Harvard’s own non-profit record label, Veritas...
...streets and waving flags as the President goes by. And unlike in India, there won't even be protests. Bush will arrive in the dark of night, and all streets will be cleared before his passage. Even the spring festival of Basant, usually a joyous occasion celebrated with kite-fighting competitions, bright colors and traditional foods has been postponed until after President Bush leaves. That now seems very appropriate, since the bombing has only underscored how little there is to celebrate in the war on terror...
...than two months on Boxing Day 2004, but it reopened ahead of schedule 10 months later with a totally new design. It now offers many of the opulent amenities of more intimate, boutique resorts. But it also has what none of the others have: a kid's club, providing kite-making and pizza-cooking classes for young ones. It's a subtle but telling indication that Khao Lak, like other secondary Thai destinations, aspires to leave its backpacker days?and the painful memory of the tsunami?far behind...
...than two months on Boxing Day 2004, but it reopened ahead of schedule 10 months later with a totally new design. It now offers many of the opulent amenities of more intimate, boutique resorts. But it also has what none of the others have: a kid's club, providing kite-making and pizza-cooking classes for young ones. It's a subtle but telling indication that Khao Lak, like other secondary Thai destinations, aspires to leave its backpacker days - and the painful memory of the tsunami - far behind...
...ministered to the dead for a week, then started on recovery. He coordinated aid groups, distributed self-written pamphlets on the science of tsunamis, set up patrols to stop looters and opened a nursery, a students' dormitory, a nutrition center and a teacher-training facility. He even held a kite-flying contest to encourage children to return to the beach. "What didn't he do?" asks police inspector Thushara Sena, 32. "He pulled people out, buried the dead ones and fed the live ones. He was the man people went to for everything. Still...