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What would the great men of old Communist China think of the ones leading today's quasi-capitalist boom? "If Mao were alive, he'd get rid of them all," the Dalai Lama said to a gathering of his followers today. The line got a big laugh and signaled a more forceful tone in the Tibetan spiritual leader's approach to China...
...nahs” and “ooohs.” Oh, and there are barking dogs. So when you’re feeling down and out, just take a listen. I would seriously recommend this album, though for nothing other than a good laugh and a confidence boost. It’s so cheesy and awful that it’s almost good. Almost...
...seen worse when it comes to weather. The year before, a hurricane decided to roll through the night of the show. The directors had to reschedule it to the afternoon of the next day. “We never get a break,” she says with a laugh. Timothy W. Parent ’09, the other founding director, is bluntly realistic about getting people inside the muddy tent. “It’s a logistical nightmare,” he says. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, the directors have managed to organize an event of prodigious...
...months ago, when Somali pirates captured a Ukrainian vessel carrying 33 battle tanks, the temptation may have been to laugh them off as a bunch of ragtag local gunmen who had improbably gotten lucky. But the pirates of Somalia proved they have more than dumb luck going for them last Saturday, when they seized the Saudi supertanker MV Sirius Star and its cargo of more than $100 million worth of crude oil. This occurred despite the attention of navies from the U.S., NATO and others that were patrolling the area to protect shipping. (The Ukrainian vessel, MV Faina, remains...
Highlight Reel: 1. On the tribe: "Pirahãs laugh about everything. They laugh at their own misfortune: when someone's hut blows over in a rainstorm, the occupants laugh more loudly than anyone. They laugh when they catch a lot of fish. They laugh when they catch no fish. They laugh when they're full and they laugh when they're hungry... This pervasive happiness is hard to explain, though I believe that the Pirahãs are so confident and secure in their ability to handle anything that their environment throws at them that they can enjoy whatever...