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...Harvard social scene could be greatly revitalized if the College helped sponsor events at Houses along the lines of Mather Lather. Not only do the Houses have the space necessary for such large functions but they would also provide a safe environment. Rather than that freshman drinking himself into oblivion in his tiny Wigg common room, he can be out having a good time with other freshmen at an Outkast concert in the Quad or at a Leverett Casino Night...
...INDICATORS Slouching Toward Oblivion If you have any doubt that market woes in the eurozone are at once-in-a-lifetime lows, consider this. With German stocks down 75% from their peak, and the French market down over 60%, the two combined are not worth as much as the U.K.'s 20 top companies - or the U.S. market's four largest. The Oils Of War George W. Bush isn't the only one who had a good war. First quarter results hit record highs at British Petroleum, where net profit soared 136% to $3.7 billion; at Royal Dutch Shell, where...
...Taryn croons in her raspy drawl on “Wastin’ My Time.” “Now Understand This” boasts a refrain that sounds like a chorus of kindergarteners on uppers, happily la-la-la-ing their way to hyperactive oblivion. And “Crazylove” is a ditzy paean to family and friends—the kind perfected by Vitamin C with her notorious 2000 graduation anthem...
...truth, plenty of breaks went Harvard’s way against Yale (13-18, 4-8). On a weekend when freshman pitcher Matt Brunnig made his return from injury and junior centerfielder Bryan Hale (9-for-16, 7 runs scored) made his return from oblivion, one of the only mars was a flare-up in junior Trey Hendricks’ knee that forced him to leave the field Saturday on a cart...
...will take some artful diplomacy to finesse an end to the sanctions: the U.N. will have to declare Iraq disarmed of weapons of mass destruction, and a mutually acceptable mechanism for that doesn't yet exist. But France is of no mind to ride its principles into further oblivion. "France never liked the sanctions in the first place," says an official at the French Foreign Ministry. "The idea of us opposing lifting them is a nonstarter." He believes that "at the end of the day, the Americans will come to the position that a U.N. role is needed." But that...