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...book, Humes profiles an assortment of eco-barons, from businessmen to inventors, and discovers that what binds them is, he says, a "clear view of the insanity attached to the way we live." Doug Tompkins, who founded the clothing line Esprit - and then left it behind for conservation in the 1990s while it was still wildly successful - is the quintessential eco-baron and the source of Hume's best writing. Tompkins was always an outdoor adventurer - even while heading up Esprit, he would regularly disappear for months-long trips to the forests of South America - so when he burned...
...That means assistant captain Alex Biega, who not only anchors Harvard’s defensive line but also leads the Crimson in assists, and junior Doug Rogers, who is the Crimson’s offensive powerhouse with eight goals and has the leading faceoffs average on the current roster, will have never seen time in the NCAAs. Biega and Rogers—the two players who lead the Crimson in points both this season and in career stats—have a combined 137 points with one more season to go. Maybe it’s just me, but those...
...Saint Patty's Day weekend. For Boston in all its beer-soaked glory, there's nowhere like the Southie parade on Sunday. It starts at 1 pm from the Broadway T-stop on the Red Line. Every Irish pub in town is trying to prove its about more than green beer, and the Globe has a round-up of places offering special Irish menus...
Your best pick up line: Help me find a book in the stacks...
...Wael Abdel-Latif al-Fadel, a Shi'ite parliamentarian and former judge, isn't optimistic about al-Zaidi's chances of prevailing on appeal. "The ruling is in line with Iraqi law. George Bush was visiting Iraq as a head of state," he said. "He should have been treated with the Arab hospitality that our traditions dictate, not the actions of Muntazer al-Zaidi...