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Reluctant to anchor themselves to the ownership of apartments or cars, the brothers prefer to drift between their parents' and friends' homes in Yekaterinburg and various countries and continents. Still, they won't leave Yekaterinburg for good, because its subway, street-car stops and sidewalks are key sources of characters and language. "Our works are written essentially in the language of the people we live among," says Oleg. But with the brothers' world travels, they've discovered that their art taps into the universal well of emotions that transcends dialect and local geography. "The best thing," says Oleg, "is when...
...would much prefer her to be the next president of Yale than the next president of Harvard," said William W. Kelly, former chair of Yale's anthropology department. "It would be deeply disturbing to us if she returned from the other Cambridge to your Cambridge...
...Saudi government hasn't yet funneled large sums to the tribes, the source says, for fear of fueling sectarian conflict. Saudi Arabia strongly opposes partition and would prefer to see a strong central government able to offer security to all Iraq's sectarian and ethnic groups. But, the Saudi expert says, "if things really continue to spiral out of control, as they are currently, and there is more and more concrete evidence of Iranian involvement with the Shia militias and with the continuous ethnic cleansing that is currently happening, adding to a potential announcement of a U.S. withdrawal, it will...
...last three-and-a-half years, Tessa C. Petrich ’07 has played the role of party planner, event organizer, and gracious hostess. Now is Harvard ready for a fun czarina? Petrich has a long resume of fun. “I prefer to be backstage than on it,” Petrich says about her work with Harvard fashion show Eleganza, in which she served as fashion director, creative director, and most recently, executive producer. “I like creating an opportunity for others to have fun.” Since her freshman year, Petrich...
...department. LivingChristmasTrees.org has lots of advice for do-it-yourselfers; it also "rents" living trees to residents of Portland, Ore., for $75 each. Friends of the Urban Forest of San Francisco (Fuf.net) rents nontraditional trees, such as Southern Magnolia and Strawberry, for $150, and replants them on city streets. Prefer a regular cut tree? Choose a real one that's grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers-ask local merchants if they have an organic farm supplier-or order from Freshchristmastree.com, a grower that ships to 46 states and uses sustainable methods. Then recycle: many municipalities collect trees to mulch. Search...