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...When asked during an event at Carnegie Hall whether Dumbledore had ever fallen in love, Rowling replied “I always thought of [him] as gay.” Silence filled the hall, followed by a roar of applause, followed by the greatest wave of blog chatter and Listserv speculation since Larry Craig fell into the toilet. Articles in Time, USA Today and other papers chortled about the “bombshell,” and a search for “Dumbledore + gay” in Technorati’s blog catalog on Wednesday yielded nearly as many...
...China and India roar ahead of the world in economic growth, multinational firms eager to partake of their labor and consumer markets are rushing in--and sending their best executives to lead the charge. The U.S. expat population has leaped over the past five years, according to experts, in large part because of growing delegations to China and India. And yet the two emerging giants remain famously tough for Western executives to navigate. In a 2006 survey by GMAC Global Relocation Services, they are cited among the three most difficult locations for expats (the third is Russia). Corporations are learning...
...stellar defensive play in the third translated to an offensive clinic in the fourth, as goals from Tune, Atkinson (who scored the go-ahead goal), senior Brian Kuczynsky, and co-captain Chris Ludwick electrified an already-enthusiastic home crowd. “It certainly helps when you hear the roar of the crowd,” Farrar said. “Especially when guys are tired late in the game.” The win over MIT puts the Crimson on a two-game winning streak, and the team improved its record to an impressive 6-1. Next...
...August, a wisp of flame suddenly appeared in the Arctic twilight over the Barents Sea, bathing the low clouds over the Norwegian port of Hammerfest in a spectral orange glow. With a tremendous roar, the flame bloomed over the windswept ocean and craggy gray rocks, competing for an instant with the Arctic summer's never-setting sun. The first flare-off of natural gas from the Snohvit (Snow White in Norwegian) gas field, some 90 miles (145 km) offshore, was a beacon of promise: After 25 years of false starts, planning and construction, the first Arctic industrial...
...lacrosse and ballet to botany. "Everything a private school would offer a rich kid," Hodge explains. But within this highly structured setting, the school recognizes that many boys need room to learn in their own way. "Some of the kids are hardheaded," Hodge says in a gravelly Bronx roar. "That's what makes a boy. They've gotta experiment, learn the hard way that his head won't break concrete. Male students tend to want to find things out for themselves--so why don't you use that as a teacher...