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...It’s usually just stuff that everybody knows anyway,” said Eliot resident William C. Newell ’11. Newly elected Eliot HoCo Chair, Michael F. Ayoub ’10 (dubbed “Slayoub” by EL) doesn’t mind the notoriety of being featured on the blog. “I thought it was funny,” he says. “It was all in good play, just surprising to see myself there.” John J. Brady ’10, another Eliot resident, sees...
Like what? The reasons I started playing guitar was because of the Beatles. That's probably the first name that springs to mind. There's just something about them, I can't describe it. I think a good example of other people that have inspired me over the years come from the songs that I've covered. This new album has [Buddy Holly's] "Rave On" and [Chet Atkins's] "Oh Lonesome Me" so those are some others, I guess...
...Pakistan from which they can launch attacks inside Afghanistan. But Pakistan's announcement on Monday of a peace agreement to accommodate the domestic Taliban insurgency in the Swat Valley suggests that an all-out war against militants on their soil is not what Pakistan's generals have in mind. And the supply lines that funnel food, fuel and war materiel to U.S. forces in Afghanistan, already imperiled by militant attacks in Pakistan, may face a further setback this week when the parliament in Kyrgyzstan votes on whether or not to kick the U.S. out of the Manas airbase, which...
...latest film, Opium War, which is set in a poppy field, Barmak had found the perfect site - a lonely hilltop in central Afghanistan, framed by the snow-covered peaks of nearby mountains. With the stunning vision of pink poppies swaying against the slopes of the Hindu Kush in mind, he finally obtained permission from the government to plant the illegal crop. Then he and his crew got to work building the set. At the first spring rain they planted the poppy seeds and started filming. Poppy-eradication teams tried to eliminate his set. Twice. Then the rains stopped. Poppies need...
...think we've had an answer to that, back in November," Newsom said. "Youthfulness and hope - it's also who I am naturally. I was 35 when I ran for mayor of San Francisco [in 2003]. Youthfulness is not a chronological date; it's about a state of mind - it's the quality of your imagination...