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...Haber, a former Catholic schoolboy, sees a similarity between the U.S. in rock's golden age during the 1950s and '60s and the Middle East today--sexually repressed conservative societies dominated by religion and an ideological cold war. "At the end of the day, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll means freedom," he says...
...detail take a back seat to analogy and intuition. Thus in Thames, Ackroyd flits effortlessly between themes like baptism or the symbolism of swans and gossipy tales of old London. A contemplation, for example, on the melancholy induced by looking into the waters from a bridge segues into a roll call of famous suicides and murders on the river, sealed with the observation that "The Thames has always harboured an affection for severed heads." Ackroyd attributes the moody riverside settings of Charles Dickens' Bleak House or Great Expectations to the novelist's misery at being sent as a 12-year...
...Since Democrats took control of Congress, DeMint has filed 82 amendments and has seen 20 of them receive roll call votes. Coburn has had 83 amendments with 22 roll call votes. Between them they've accounted for 13% of the 336 roll call votes so far this year. Compared to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's six votes and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's two, the pair are literally driving the debate on the floor...
...youth national championship, and was recently selected as Ivy League Player of the Week. This season has also seen other Crimson players in the national spotlight. Junior Michael Fucito was named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the Week, as well as the Ivy League Honor Roll along with his teammate, senior co-captain Matt Hoff. Hoff was also selected to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week, and freshman Alex Chi was honored as the Ivy League Rookie of the Week. “It’s great that our guys are getting...
...accolades on the field with the Crimson. Both players were named Ivy League Rookie of the Year last season, while Akpan also picked up an All-Ivy First Team nod. Akpan and Mann’s counterparts from the opposite team were named to the Ivy League Honor Roll. Senior goalkeeper Adam Hahn impressed in net with six saves for the men, while freshman forward Gina Wideroff scored two game-winning goals in Harvard victories for the women. —EMILY W. CUNNINGHAM