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...what looked to be a family - a man and woman with two young children. I got out of the car, walked up to the group, and introduced myself. The man shook my hand hesitantly and told me his name. He looked to be about my age, in jeans, a plaid shirt, and a St. Louis Cardinals cap. His wife shook my hand as well, but the older women kept their distance. The children, maybe 9 or 10 years old, stared at me with undisguised curiosity...
...cross-listed Historical Sutdy A-13, “China: Traditions and Transformations” to FC 48, “The Cultural Revolution.” See people? It’s all about choice.In poaching David Wang from Columbia, Harvard made a good choice. This plaid-clad professor will teach you all there is to know about FC 67, “Popular Culture in Modern China,” from cheesy puns (ever thought about love songs as “decadence through de-cadence”?) to cheesy flicks (try analyzing “Kung...
...Liverpool lightens up, and Britain brightens, when Beatlemania breaks loose in the early '60s. Guys in leather jackets and girls in plaid jumpers cavort around a Volkswagen car (a Beetle, what else?). The Fab Four, caged by their superstardom, are seen in silhouette, trying to escape from spotlight bubbles; then they walk off, duplicating the Abbey Road cover amble - cute. Love follows the Beatles through their phases: psychedelic ("Strawberry Fields"), Hindu-mystical ("Within You, Without You") and political ("Revolution," with images of protests, then the letters in Peace and Love literally disintegrating...
...TBTN and groups you might expect to stand up to such behavior, they go unchallenged.And in the case of the Catholic Schoolgirl party, the prevailing logic goes that it’s simply inappropriate to question the wisdom of an 18-year-old who would don short-cut, plaid skirts, get as drunk as she wants, and put herself in danger.Rape has existed forever. But it’s safe to say that there has been more “date rape” these past several decades than ever before, as formal courtship has eroded, physical intimacy has become...
...under this bachelor workaholic. This is a White House where rush hour is 6:30 a.m., but evenings and weekends are usually spent at home. Bolten routinely works until 10:30 p.m. and is often seen around the complex on the weekend in jeans, tennies and a favorite red plaid shirt. Some senior and mid-level staff members are uncertain about signing on for a new regime that could have the intensity of a campaign. Bolten will "expect everyone to be on the job in a new and invigorated way," according to a colleague. "That's the benefit...