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...first time I saw the Obama gear, I knew it had begun. I do not mean the official campaign paraphernalia. I'm talking about the wares hawked here in Harlem, the black tees sold in sizes up to 5XL, with Barack Obama's head slightly out of proportion. I bought mine on Lenox and 125th--a mustard number with Martin Luther King Jr. and Obama juxtaposed underneath the words ALPHA and OMEGA. That's when I smelled the air and understood that Obama was running not simply to be President but also to be the next head chiseled...
...process, we interviewed a lot of veterans and people in service.” Heidi Nelson, one of the dramaturges, says that when they began working on the project two summers ago, the group had no idea what sort of production it would ultimately produce. “We knew it would be a play about war, but nothing more specific than that,” Nelson says. “[McLaughlin] asked people to research anything and everything that peaked their interest involving war.” Students were asked to create presentations based on the work they...
...difficult. But on the other hand it can be really rewarding. For example, because I was preparing a class to teach at Harvard, I happened to go to the basement of the Lamont Library and saw the Mercator globes, and as soon as I saw [them] I knew I just had to put them in my book. And they became so important that the title of my second novel actually became “The Celestial Globe.” I tend to be magpie-ish. I see something pretty, and whether it be [an object] or an idea...
...Hastings added that he knew Tsien, a “remarkable guy” when the budding scientist was an undergraduate at the College, although he had never taught Tsien...
...viewers and the front runner all knew what to expect, and if you were watching closely you could see Obama's strategy from his very first answer. Of course the opening question concerned the meltdown of the financial markets. Moderator Tom Brokaw tried to get Obama to say how these events have reshaped his agenda. "The middle class need a rescue package," the candidate answered, which sounded new for a moment, until he opened the package to reveal exactly the same economic plan he has been running on for months...