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...former UC rep who became disillusioned with the student government and is now an “outsider.” That’s what’s called a “blend of experience with a critical perspective”—a phrase that leapt from Haddock’s mouth at least twice during a disappointing UC debate where the moderators, armed with smarm, outshined the back-slappingly platitudinous candidates. Taking the cake, however, from the debate fiasco was an epiphany of Voith’s. Wrap your mind around this...
...promise of the city can have a magnetic effect on children of the suburbs like myself. Repelled by what I perceived as the insulation of my quiet home town—nestled amid the rolling hills of Tennessee—I leapt at the opportunity to attend college in Cambridge, a real center of civilization. Upon arrival, though, I quickly realized that the city that, to a large extent, had drawn me to Harvard was not the glorious hub of humanity that I had envisioned. Instead, I found it to be a place marred by the most disconcerting of sounds...
...roused the audience to such a degree that they forgot their concert etiquette and committed the apparent faux pas of applauding (with a standing ovation, no less) after the first movement. This warm response was a prelude to their reception to the piece as a whole, as the audience leapt to their feet at the last chord of the concerto...
...area quickly turned into a battle zone. A guerrilla sniper took down four soldiers as they ran across the square, killing at least one. Another rebel was cut off and took cover in a car in the middle of the square; hours later, hotel staff watched as he leapt out and sprinted under covering fire to the souvenir shop. While local forces called for more help to quell the assault, Moscow downplayed the drama. Four hours after the attack began, the Kremlin announced it was all over. But sporadic clashes erupted during the night, and the next morning, guerrillas were...
...Returns Is there no end to investors' renewed love affair with the Internet? Shares in eBay leapt 14% after the online marketer last week cheered a 53% leap in second-quarter profit. After its own fourfold rise in quarterly earnings, Google's shares lingered around $300 - a long way from last August's $85 debut price - and at least one analyst predicts they will hit $400. And revenue and profit unveiled at Yahoo! had a healthy glow, too. Innovation has been key at all three, says Standard & Poor's Internet equity analyst Scott Kessler: "They have amazing virtual research labs...