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...offering both sides billions of dollars in loan guarantees to grease the wheels. Before GM made its sudden U-turn on Nov. 3, Merkel had also been riding high. She was coming off an electoral victory in September and had just given a rousing speech before a joint session of Congress in Washington. The timing of the bombshell from GM had to sting. Then on Thursday came another blow: the carmaker's announcement that it would cut 10,000 jobs across Europe...
...Zelaya and interim leader Roberto Micheletti signed a U.S.-brokered accord on Oct. 30, resolution of their long-running standoff was delayed again. Under the deal, the Honduran congress must decide whether to reinstate Zelaya for the remainder of his term; a legislative committee declined to call a special session for the vote, opting to await an opinion from the Supreme Court on the matter...
When playing the game, you are someone you are not. Tatyana “Tanya” V. Avilova ’13—a freshman player in the band—vanishes as soon as the session begins. Her blond hair grays; her flushed checks sprout a long beard, braided in an elaborate chain. Her height shrinks to a mere 4’ 3”. Her otherwise sweet voice becomes heavy and gruff...
...game begins, a player is no longer himself; he is his character. What he says and does reflects not on the student who walks around Harvard’s campus, sleeps and eats in Pforzheimer, and concentrates in Computer Science. What takes place once the game is in session is part of another world—a world that exists only in the minds of the players...
Generally, a session of the game lasts for two or three hours. Unlike a game of Monopoly or Scrabble which last for a few hours in its entirety, a game of Dungeons & Dragons can last for years. Years. The game that Betsy and Alessandro lead began in September; they anticipate that it will continue for another year or two. “We have a long story to tell,” says Alessandro. So in selecting players for the game—more wanted to play than Betsy and Alessandro wanted to be in the group—Alessandro...