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This situation is far from desirable. Overflow housing undermines the premise on which Harvard’s House system was founded—the idea that the College should provide close-knit residential communities in which students and scholars can live and work together for an extended period of time. Thus, administrators should be interested in eliminating not just overcrowding, but overflowing as well...
...model our team to be a real close-knit group,” Lee said. “Kevin and Dawid have been in this program for quite a while and they know the importance our coaches and team place on togetherness...
...This is a tight-knit family here at the shelter,” Joubert said. “I call it the ‘Shelter...
Like a hand-knit sweater from a beloved aunt, Will Eisner's "The Name of the Game" arrives for the holidays. Eisner, possibly the most respected comix artist alive, has been producing sophisticated, progressive work since the 1930s. Back in 1977 he invented the term "graphic novel" to sell "A Contract with God" because book publishers would have run screaming from "comics." Each new work feels like a gift, created with the craft that only comes from a lifetime of experience. Yet, like the sweater, it breaks your heart that you don't love it more...
...because until last week the Northern Alliance showed few signs of war readiness. Three weeks ago, near Mazar-i-Sharif, a rebel charge was turned back by a Taliban counteroffensive because the Alliance's four rival commanders failed to coordinate their attacks. In the north, the Alliance's loose-knit guerrilla bands are plagued by ethnic infighting, inexperience and customary drug use. The preferred narcotic is a potent, pungent hashish that is smoked by Alliance and Taliban soldiers alike from dinner until midnight. Alliance soldiers say they make up for their lack of Western-style military discipline with versatility...