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...national trait. And snippets of information that reached the public from the rescue mission at Beaconsfield gold mine, in northeast Tasmania, probably pumped more life into that notion. Miners Brant Webb, 37, and Todd Russell, 34, were trapped almost a kilometer underground when a small earthquake caused a rock fall in the mine on April 25. They spent five days entombed in darkness, with only a muesli bar to share between them, before rescuers using imaging equipment made the startling discovery that the pair were still alive. Webb and Russell were still trapped eight days later, when Time went...
...This year, Athens will host the 51st annual Eurovision, the Continent-wide song contest that we say we hate but watch anyway. Here's a sneak peak at some acts hoping to make the May 20 finale, with odds calculated by the gambling site Sky Bet. Finland: Lordi Hard Rock Hallelujah. Prepare for the day of rockening. Some Finns aren't convinced this heavy-metal band, decked out like a group of J.R.R. Tolkien refugees, should represent their placid Nordic nation. But chainsaw-wielding Lordi insists it's not a Satanic group, offering a song called Devil Is a Loser...
President Vladimir Putin is reaping the benefit of the soaring economy. His approval rating is a rock-solid 70%. That support has allowed Putin to brush off his critics in the West, where the Russian President is often painted as a throwback to autocracy. The Kremlin has tightened its grip on society in recent years, cracked down on nongovernmental organizations and maneuvered to take control of natural resources and other industries it deems strategic. The Bush Administration, which has grown uneasy about Russian assertiveness beyond its borders, issued an unusually harsh indictment last week when Vice President Dick Cheney said...
With more than 150 performances scheduled for this year’s Arts First weekend, it stands to reason that a diverse range of acts will see the stage. This variety is certainly the case with the weekend’s concerts: alongside the familiar orchestras, rock bands, and a cappella groups, students will also find everything from gypsy-bluegrass fusion to rhythmic ping pong. These offbeat acts cover a considerable range of traditions and experiences. Some, like Jeolla Woodo Iri Pangut, a Korean percussion group, deliver faithful renditions of ancient pieces; others, like The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD), draw...
...Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and Swedish pop producer Max Martin, the man behind such notorious bubble-gum hits as “Hit Me Baby One More Time” and “Since U Been Gone.” After a performance of original pop and rock songs at Arts First on May 7, he will follow up with a May 16 performance of his senior thesis—a concerto for piano and a 40-piece orchestra, which Wang has assembled himself. “Derrick is a flexible musician,” says Mason Professor...