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...year with an exposé on a certain raunchy “underground” trend. Wait for it, guys: Sometimes? On Halloween? Girls like to get really wasted and dress like prostitutes at a themed bordello. It ranks up there on the “duh” scale with this summer’s piece on emoticons: I mean, it just feels like an American tradition to take it all off for Halloween. I’m pretty sure women in the Victorian era took a break from demanding the vote to hitch up their petticoats and show...
...have no job and I have no place to live.” Despite the magnitude of this week’s fires and the ensuing evacuations, Nikhil A. Balaraman ’10, whose family was evacuated because of the fires, stressed that large-scale burning was not out of the ordinary for this time of year. He recalled “fire days” during high school, when classes were cancelled because burning vegetation made air quality unhealthy. Researchers from the 3,000-acre Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass., where much of the University?...
...role in starting the war makes America somewhat responsible for the large-scale displacement, but even if we don’t accept the blame and ensure the resettlement of all Iraqis, it seems morally obvious that we should look out for those employed by the U.S. government. Iraqis working for the U.S. face increased risk of attack according to Ryan C. Crocker, U.S. ambassador in Baghdad. He warned of the dangers Iraqi staff face, and of the likelihood that they would be forced to flee the country. His warnings echo truth, as nine Iraqis have died working...
...speakers and events.“The trip was a tremendous opportunity,” Jared D. Dourdeville ’11 said as the group was departing for Boston on Saturday. “I come from a small town in Massachusetts, and getting to see the large-scale industries here in Omaha was something I had never seen before.”Group members also visited the headquarters of railroad titan Union Pacific’s and food producer Omaha Steaks.Sameer Meralli, a master’s degree candidate at Harvard, said Warren...
Dozens of Turkish military trucks rumbled towards the Iraqi border as Turks across the country took to the streets to demand retaliation for an attack by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) separatists based in north Iraq that killed 12 Turkish soldiers. It was the third large-scale attack in recent weeks. Eight Turkish soldiers are still missing after the incident. Sunday's attack may well prove the last straw for Turkey's hawkish military - NATO's second largest army after the U.S. - which has been readying to cross the border into north Iraq in pursuit of the PKK for several months...