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...vein, the Yo La Tengo-esque “My Favorite Year,” with its pulsating drone, high-pitched echoes, and swirling piano, proves that Bejar can still write a six-minute epic that doesn’t sound a second too long.Closing track “Libby??s Sunrise”—a blemish on an otherwise pristine album—illustrates one of Bejar’s occasional problems: his endless flourishes can sound tacked-on when the song isn’t strong enough to support them. Wandering aimlessly, the track...
...Zhou played second fiddle—literally—at the Masonic Hall in Porter Square last night as Republican M. Elizabeth “Libby?? Firenze and Democrat William N. Brownsberger ’78, candidates for state representative, faced off in the first of three debates. Zhou, the noted Harvard Square player of the jinghu, or Chinese opera fiddle, was hired for pre-game entertainment before a debate that was, for the most part, harmonious. Brownsberger, the associate director of Harvard Medical School’s Division on Addictions, is vying with Firenze to represent...
Another crumb of controversy fell from the figurative plate of yellowcake last week, when a court filing revealed former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby??s accusations against both Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush. The prosecution’s filing said that Libby told a grand jury that Bush had authorized Cheney to leak specific classified information that supported the administration’s views on Iraq, namely that Saddam Hussein had attempted to acquire uranium ore from Niger...
...support his position by highlighting this new “evidence.” Ironically, he has routinely chastised members of his own administration for their own leaks of internal White House activities to the press. In a time when Bush’s popularity and legitimacy have eroded, Libby??s testimony implicitly attacked one of the last strongholds for Bush’s presidency: his supposed honesty. The White House has responded to Libby??s words with silence. This is not what we expected from the man who once stated that...
...lacked a full-service liquor store since Harvard Provision closed in March 2003. The license was discussed by the Council at length because of recent local regulatory problems. The Knights of Columbus recently had their license revoked for three days in response to underage drinking at their lodge, and Libby??s Liquor Market is under investigation for violating its license by selling to an intoxicated person, according to the Cambridge Chronicle. But the Council ultimately approved the application, citing neighborhood interest and Manpriya’s good record. The application will now be considered by the city License...