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...state came in dead last in the 2005 semifinals. Could LT United's entry, which repeats the line, "We are the winners of Eurovision" over and over, be a not-so-subtle attempt at swaying the voting public? There's a fine line between tongue-in-cheek and just plain pathetic. Final odds: 100-1 Switzerland: six4one If We All Give a Little. Céline Dion won the 1988 Eurovision for the Alpine nation, even though she's French-Canadian, starting a trend of Swiss outsourcing. Last year's Swiss representatives Vanilla Ninja were all from Estonia...
...three-year delay before any construction began. And it’s not just Somerville that is being shortchanged by Romney’s disregard for the Commonwealth’s obligations. The original agreement also called for the resumption of Green Line service to the Jamaica Plain neighborhood, which has been “suspended” for over two decades, leaving residents there to rely on spotty bus service. No plans currently exist to restore this service. Also included in the agreement is a connection between the MBTA Red and Blue Lines at the Charles/MGH station, which would...
...similarly organic and simple; its replication of the progression of natural daylight is especially admirable.The costumes—designed by Andrea R. Bomar ’05—also contribute to the natural feeling of the town in their simplicity. Although the clothes of the townspeople are plain, their rich colors reflect the liveliness of the characters, and they add to the genuine feel of a small village in turn-of-the-century Ireland.One of the best parts of the show is the incorporation of live Celtic music, led by Molly J. Hester ’08. The band?...
...reintroduce some version of the proposal to enrich its reactor fuel in Russia while maintaining a small enrichment facility at home for research purposes - a plan that could hold more appeal for U.S. allies if the most likely alternative appears to be confrontation. Divisions among Western governments are certainly plain to see, both over what punishments should be threatened for non-compliance and over what if any rewards should be offered for compliance...
...Others suspected that lowering his profile was a strategy to put an Iraqi face on even the Islamist element of the insurgency, recognizing that a good portion of the Sunni population was alienated by many of Zarqawi's tactics. Either way, the problem facing the likes of Zarqawi is plain to see at a moment when the nationalist leadership of the insurgency is engaging in talks with the U.S., premised in part on their common antipathy to both Iran and al-Qaeda...