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...took a long time to end the Vietnam War.”A band played a modified version of the 1960s song “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die.” People in the crowd sang along to the refrain??“And it’s one, two, three, what we fighting for?”Jarret A. Zafran ’09, president of the Harvard College Democrats, spoke next, calling the war a “false war, supported by false evidence, and false intelligence...
...generating a sense of inevitability about encroachment into the area. Described alternately as “spoiled” and “selfish,” the University’s greed—“they just seem to want everything” is a common refrain??appears to the residents to be a natural outgrowth of its wealth, an estimated $26 billion last year. “For [Harvard] not to want to expand is pretty much impossible,” says Danny Wera, 27, who has lived in Charlesview for 15 years...
...tells his grandfather—the same man who selflessly took him in after his mother died—to F-off when he questions his choices: “I’m a gangsta, grandpa, and I’m proud of it!” This refrain??“I’m a gangsta!”—crops up throughout the movie and is always accompanied by 50’s signature laugh, as if he himself realizes how ridiculous it sounds. In the end, 50 is not as charismatic...
...band as a whole seems to hold family roots dear. Look no further than the music they create, littered with references to their beloved Boston and Ireland, to find the evidence. “For Boston, for Boston we sing our proud refrain?? begins their upbeat rendition of the Boston College fight song. During a couple of numbers on Saturday night, a nine-year-old fan even waved an American flag on stage...
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