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...players are few, and while there are many competing runway extravaganzas (see “Overnight Couture,” page 10), the contrast is most apparent among three. Foremost among them is Eleganza, with a reputation of being risqué and entertaining. Haute draws a smaller and more fashion-conscious crowd. And this year the Harvard African Student Association (HASA) will once again put on a fashion show featuring traditional and not-so-traditional African garb...
...megalomoniacal ruler now possess the ultimate weapon. Before long Kim Jong Il will be able to load nuclear warheads onto his long-range missiles and take aim at Los Angeles. Or he could outsource the job to al-Qaeda. A nuclear arms race in North Asia is inevitable. Overnight, the world has become a much scarier place...
...can’t be done.” The team finally drafted a peace agreement on April 25 with de Waal as the principal writer of the security section. A week later, the team entered its final negotiation, which lasted “24 hours, non-stop, overnight,” de Waal recalls. The next day, Minni Minawi, one of the three rebel leaders, agreed to sign. The negotiators, who decided that his consent was sufficient, scheduled a signing ceremony for that afternoon. But de Waal insisted that a second leader, Abdel Wahid al Nur, sign the agreement...
...Medicine, was part of the large Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, which has tracked the sleep patterns of more than 1,400 men and women since 1988. The subjects are brought into a lab every four years for a full evaluation of their sleep habits. Having undergone one of those overnight polysomnographies, I can tell you that they are no fun. Researchers attach little electrical leads all over your body-including your eyelids-to measure brain activity, eye and muscle movement, leg movement, airflow, chest and abdominal movement, heart rhythm and oxygen saturation. In the Wisconsin study, the subjects were also...
...Monday's meeting Wolfowitz said there was "a lot accomplished." But, he conceded, improving governance was a long-term project that will "take place over time, not happen overnight." Just like getting your own way, sometimes...