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...research, and came out with a Romario goal tally about 100 short of the 999 claimed by the striker himself. That forced Romario to admit that not all the 999 goals were scored in first-class games. In the U.S. or Europe, the admission of such chicanery in pursuit of a hallowed sports milestone would likely be condemned as unscrupulous, if not immoral. But in Brazil, where the original malandros of samba songs were celebrated for their ability to triumph through deceit and cunning, Romario remains a hero - or, at worst, a lovable rogue. He is the bad-boy-made...
...moment of time of remembrance and reconciliation, as proclaimed by the U.N. General Assembly in November 2004. For Russia, May 9 remains the Victory Day - this country's only meaningful national holiday, its most sacred and bitter anniversary and the one most cynically abused by the authorities in pursuit of their own aims...
...individuals transferring what appeared to be class D from one bag to another. Officers approached the two individuals and one of them proceeded to leave the area. Officers instructed the individual several times to stop to which they refused and began to run. After a short foot pursuit the individual was stopped. John Pitts, 43, of Everett, MA was arrested for Possession of Class D with Intent to Distribute...
...what he does on campus. “I think it’s what theater is really about is that it embraces a lot of the theatrical values that I hold close to my heart,” he says. “You know, life, liberty, the pursuit of comedy...I think really harkening back to Dionysian values is where my heart is.” For Brener, exploring theater at Harvard has meant involvement with some of the college’s oldest groups, Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the improvisational group On Thin...
...itself, change within commitment.” FAS ignores this credo today, hemming students into low-risk, safety courses—or else leaving us to risk squandering all chance of a good grad school. Only a decisive policy change can resurrect Harvard’s commitment to the pursuit of real scholarship...