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...trapping more than 100 patients. One woman, who wouldn't give her name, says her father was being treated in the hospital when the May 12 quake hit, and his wife and her cousins were visiting. Seven family members are now trapped under the rubble of the hospital. A lone rescue worker wields a long metal pole, futilely trying to move a slab of concrete. The woman says that public buildings like the hospital and schools are poorly built, and that is why they caved in during the quake. She points to the surrounding residential buildings, which despite damage...
...This isn’t just a question of staying cool, or trying to order priorities, those are all useful strategies, but they don’t affect your basic outlook,” he said. “I don’t think there really is any lone way to change one’s disposition.” Tristan G. Brown ’10 said while he is pessimistic about political issues and global warming, when it comes to personal life he tends to be optimistic, based on some of the studies’ definition...
...beginning of a long day for Northeastern and a great one for Harvard, as the Crimson swept four of the five races. Harvard’s lone loss came in the Crimson’s freshman four race against the Northeastern varsity four...
...summer’s Olympics in Beijing. The panel featured Fairbank Center for East Asian Research associate Merle Goldman, Harvard Law School research associate Lobsang Sangay, Harvard economics graduate student Yue Tan “David” Tang, and Amnesty International advocacy director T. Kumar. Tang was the lone supporter of China, citing China’s progress in human rights, including its work for minorities and women. “China has done a lot of work in terms of improving human rights,” he said. “Formally, China has signed and ratified over...
...Republican dominance, the low-information signals were really low - how Michael Dukakis looked in a tanker's helmet, whether John Kerry's favorite sports were too precious (like wind-surfing), whether Al Gore's debate sighs over his opponent's simple obfuscations were patronizing. Bill Clinton was the lone Democratic master of low-information signaling - a love of McDonald's and other assorted big-gulp appetites gave him credibility that even trumped his evasion of military service...