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...this new form of radio could just as well be an iPod—the only difference being that it’s not your particular iPod and therefore provides some variety. But listeners don’t just tune in to the radio for a new song or two. We switch on the dial for the community we find there, confident that a population of other listeners is singing along to the same tune we’re humming. When we pull up to a stoplight and hear an identical bass beat out of the car by our side...
...respect China's right to bring those responsible for the violence in Tibet last year to justice. But the U.K. opposes the death penalty in all circumstances, and we have consistently raised our concerns about lack of due process in these cases in particular," he said...
...Still, Alsea is not taking any chances. To educate Mexicans about the particular brand of Chinese food that P.F. Chang's serves, last month it hired a flatbed truck to drive around Mexico City with a massive statue of a horse and models dressed as terra-cotta warriors who handed out Chinese takeout boxes filled with chocolate fortune cookies. Unlike fast-food giants such as McDonald's and KFC, which localize their menus in other markets, the Mexican menu of P.F. Chang's is nearly identical to that in the U.S., except that customers will get more hand-holding with...
While the Crimson defense, and Nyamekye in particular, did a good job of containing the Tigers for the rest of regulation, Harvard could not put together anything...
This problem is mirrored at the national level. The modern pundit is expected to be able to opine on any development, at any moment, regarding any issue. While some scholars make a career out of studying the details of a particular policy area, the most influential public intellectuals are those that take the broadest view. The same columnists currently writing about health care in The New York Times were writing about the stimulus bill last winter and will continue to write about whatever next occupies the national consciousness...