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...festival’s ability to expand is contingent on its organizers’ ability to increase funding for the event—and to date, Barriga says, the budget has been meager...
...Pakistan's Balancing Act The article "Is Pakistan a Friend or Foe?" gave an unfair perspective on Pakistan's role in helping the U.S. battle terrorism [Sept. 29] and did not give enough credit to how Pakistan, with its meager resources, has managed to help the U.S. Every country in the world has some radical religious elements. That the Pakistani people discuss their future goals in a civilized manner shows how that relatively young country is evolving into a nation. The U.S. and the rest of the world are deeply in debt to Pakistan for clamping down on the Taliban...
...time being, however, the council’s beleaguered concert planners will finally have something to do other than complain about meager funds and administrative indifference, and undergraduates will have the chance to put down their coursepacks, leave their Houses and flood across the River to rock with Guster...
...Arnold Cultural Society, committed to honoring the movie star and wannabe California governor, joined with Harvard Men Against Rape and the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard in front of Rock Bottom on Church Street to express their dissatisfaction with the meager selection of student-friendly bars in the Square...
...Your article "Long Lives Well Lived" explored the reasons that Asians in certain areas have an exceptional life expectancy [July 21]. I have observed that the Buddhist monks of Thailand's Forest Tradition, despite eating only one meager meal a day and sleeping only four to six hours a night, tend to live very long lives. The tranquillity of their minds promotes longevity. Naturally, eating more food requires the body to work harder to digest it, resulting in more wear and tear on the body's organs; similarly, a tranquil mind requires little energy. Genetics plays only an indirect role...