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...positions of “high society,” and just the thought of feeding an old woman at a nursery home or picking up garbage at a park wounds their narcissism. Others structure their extracurriculars around careerist goals, sacrificing their souls into the void of ambition. Amidst la vie occupée, how could they find time to serve others...

Author: By Yifei Chen | Title: Volunteering? What’s That? | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...Sherwood's case, the course was particularly tortuous. There were empty tables at the fund-raising lunch at Keystone College in La Plume, Pa. The audience response was appropriately tepid when the Congressman was introduced with his wife, who had previously refused to appear with him and now seemed to be keeping a safe distance. Sherwood, you may recall, was the fellow whose affair with a young Peruvian immigrant exploded when she locked herself in the bathroom of his Capitol Hill townhouse, called 911 and claimed the Congressman was trying to choke her. The Congressman, who said he was only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If You Break it, You Pay For It, Mr. President | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

...Israel is as strong as it is because of your [AIPAC's] fidelity to that partnership..." But congressional sources say Pelosi has been infuriated by pressure from some major donors lobbying on behalf of Harman. In a story touching on tensions between Pelosi and Harman, an alternative California publication, LA Weekly, reported in May that Harman "had some major contributors call Pelosi to impress upon her the importance of keeping Jane in place. According to these members, this tactic, too, hasn't endeared Harman to Pelosi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exclusive: Feds Probe a Top Democrat's Relationship with AIPAC | 10/20/2006 | See Source »

Their self-titled debut album, released in 2005, unveiled a new, unique sound that centered around ceaseless beats, catchy, allusive lyrics, and diverse musical traditions. With their sophomoric effort “Talk to La Bomb,” Brazilian Girls unroll another chic dose of electronic, lounge, jazz, and house in the same vein of sound popularized by Buddha Bar and their compilations...

Author: By Andrew Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD Review: The Brazilian Girls, "Talk to La Bomb" | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

...each received Tony Awards for Best Musical.Yet even the writers of old standbys like “A Chorus Line” might not be able to articulate what merits “Best Musical” classification. Is it the brooding exploration of humanity through song à la “Company”? Is it the perseverant self-examination of “A Chorus Line”? Or is it the Doylian reinvention of a classic production?There’s no way to know. The only constant in musical theater is the form?...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Notes on the Sound of New Music(als) | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

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