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...much-wine drivel,” he adds, becoming jokingly self-conscious about his enthusiasm for the possibilities in Allston.But it’s not just Harvard’s ambitions that need to move quickly. In addition to contending with rapidly deteriorating facilities, the Charlesview Board must rush to utilize a law passed by Congress last year that provides vouchers to those with Section 8 housing, so that they can move with the building without reapplying to the program. “That’s why everything is sort of getting pushed along the fast track here...
What discs, you might ask? Only four will be available this week--Serenity, Million Dollar Baby, The Phantom of the Opera and The Last Samurai. But three big Hollywood studios are planning to rush out more HD DVD titles in the next month or two10 from Paramount, 10 from Universal and 20 from Warner Bros. List prices range from $29 to $40; Amazon.com is charging as little as $20 for some titles. Netflix has said it will distribute every HD DVD title--and, when they become available, all Blu-ray titles--for rent immediately upon release...
...which other nations are more powerful and technologically advanced. As the dominant player in that story for more than half a century, the U.S. occupies a unique place in the Chinese imagination. To immigrants and students, it is the "Gold Mountain" - a land that, ever since the gold rush in 19th century California, has epitomized the promise of wealth, progress and modernity. The flip side is the global "bully" with which China first clashed in the Korean War, and that to many Chinese still seems intent on preventing their country from rising to its natural place among the world...
...hotel bar is crowded, and receptionists and bell hops rush around the brightly lit entrance hall. Tucked in the back of the lobby, a small group of sixty-something men and women mull around a buffet table. They hug like they’re at a family reunion and grab margaritas from the bar, all the while swapping stories about what they’ve been up to for the past forty years...
...create a culture of assumption that establishes—especially in terms of sexuality—damaging and incorrect ideas about the implications of other women’s behaviors. This, in turn, can lead others to act out against marked women by speaking unkindly about them (as Rush Limbaugh recently did, calling the alleged rape victim in the Duke case a “ho” on his nationally syndicated radio show), shunning them, or, in extreme cases, raping them. Further, this culture makes it acceptable to disrespect or minimize the plight of alleged rape victims...