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...Individual voices are hard to find, however. As dictated by the medium, the language of keitai shosetsu is simple and peppered with emoticons. Dialogue and description are sparse. Subject matter is predictable. "Keitai shosetsu are usually about love stories - often romantic relationships experienced by the target audience," says Mari Kuramachi, an editor at Starts. Typically, a heroine loses her first love (in K, the male love interest dies in an accident), then later struggles to find love again. Obstacles can be gritty - rape, drugs, accidental pregnancies and prostitution are all common - but they are invariably overcome, and traumatic events usually...
...Harvard IDs, including some that would have allowed access to campus buildings and Crimson Cash accounts, University officials said Monday. Theodore R. Pak '09 is currently under investigation in connection with the false documents, his roommate said Monday night. The Middlesex district attorney's office is investigating the matter with the help of the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). Harvard officials notified all Crimson Cash account holders on Monday of the breach and suggested that they review their accounts for suspicious activity. Crimson Cash allows Harvard affiliates to buy food and other items with a swipe of an ID card...
...undecided voter in Haverford, has a son in Iraq. Merrit says "bringing the war to an end" is her number one issue. But at a McCain town hall, she says that his commitment to continuing the war for as long as necessary, while a cause for concern, doesn't matter to her as much as character and - this might sound familiar - change. "What I like about McCain is that I don't think he could lie," she says, adding that she is also looking for someone who doesn't "represent the old politics." On that front, however, she's leaning...
...Iowa, went the buzz, but that's where all the evangelicals live. He had no real campaign operation to back him up. He was considered a flash in the pan. He was a curiosity. He wasn't going anywhere. Remember Pat Robertson in 1988? It was just a matter of time...
...market, says it wants the International Cricket Council "to review the decision of the match referee and suspend its operation till the appeal is disposed of ... The Indian board realizes the game of cricket is paramount but so, too, is the honor of the Indian team and for that matter every Indian. To vindicate its position the Board will fight the blatantly false and unfair slur on an Indian player." In India, protestors burned the umpires and the Australian captain Ricky Ponting in effigy and newspapers called for the team to come home early, describing the Australians as shameful...