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Perhaps a visit to northeastern Chad would change their minds. As I drove out to the area in spring 2007, the first sign we were entering a dead zone was the carcass of a camel. Camels can go three weeks without water in the Sahara, so the heap of fur, hair and bleached bones was an ominous sight. We entered a mud-walled, straw-roofed village. Instead of giving the usual smiles and waves, the children ducked away. A few minutes later, we crested a rise in the road and were confronted by nine janjaweed horsemen, rifles over their shoulders...
During the question-and-answer session following Leibovitz’s slide presentation of her book, Thomas Burns, a freshman at Northeastern University, asked Leibovitz how she felt about the recent controversy regarding her Vanity Fair shoot in which then-15-year-old pop star Miley Cyrus appeared partially nude...
...Harvard had a decent offensive showing, shooting 35 percent from distance and 40 percent overall, its defense wiped that effort off the board—Marist shot a gaudy 48 percent on the day. Coming off a 36-point effort in her team’s last game at Northeastern, Fitz had another strong performance with 18 points and six rebounds off the bench. In the first half, when she picked up two fouls and was limited to six points, the Crimson missed opportunities to make a run.“They’re a smart team, and they?...
...declaration to come in any post-game press conference, but especially in this one. The Harvard women’s soccer team had just lost to Northeastern in the first round of NCAA Tournament play, and it had lost after two overtime periods in the round of penalty kicks. The Crimson had come within two made PKs of advancing to the next round of the tournament. Its season had come down to a matter of inches and guesses, to the do-or-die contest that decides things when 110 minutes of play can’t. And Harvard came...
...just lobbyist row on Washington's K Street that is resounding these days with recriminations over the aimless failure of a grand political party. In France last weekend, the once venerable Socialist Party gathered in the northeastern city of Reims, the world capital of Champagne, in what they'd hoped would be the beginning of their counter-offensive to recapture power from President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives in 2012 elections. (See photos of the Sarkozys in London...