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...given the deteriorating situation on the ground in Iraq. But there's something else about Lieberman--a sweet, soft, caramel quality--that makes him an unlikely firebrand. Even when he attacks his opponents, as he has done quite effectively in debates, he does it in a grandfatherly, remorseful manner. There is no meanness...
...diet." Then the three students, who wore cardboard boxes on their heads inscribed with words like "sushi" and "ninja," cast off overcoats to reveal they were wearing red brassieres, with paper cups protruding suggestively from between their legs. They began to dance, gyrating their hips in a manner that "for Chinese was just nauseating," said one spectator. After three minutes university authorities frantically motioned for the organizers to close the curtains. The Japanese contingent had certainly performed in bad taste; but had it been their intention to offend their Chinese hosts...
...review might betoken. Having been largely involved in South Asian theatre at Harvard—it was my play, “Grave Affairs,” that was the first production of the South Asian Association (SAA) in 2001, marked by sold out performances, and followed in like manner by “Interrogations” in 2002, and this spring, by “Sakina’s Restaurant”—I have had the privilege to belong to a South Asian community here that witnesses to themes that that are real as much...
Palfrey said that Slater’s case against claims of copyright infringement are bolstered because the documents were used in an academic and not a commercial manner and they were factual—not creative—works. He added that Slater did not damage their market value because Diebold never intended to sell the documents...
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney told The Boston Globe last week that he would sponsor a plan to help resolve the considerable disparities that are present in the state’s public education system. And while the manner in which Romney is pressing the issue is severely flawed the initiative itself is uncharacteristically promising. A key part of the governor’s nascent proposal is the implementation of full-day kindergarten in under-performing school districts, where most students currently only attend school for half...