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...demonstration, perhaps the largest in the Soviet Union since the advent of perestroika five years ago, only served to sharpen the conflict between the country's two most prominent politicians. On one side is Mikhail Gorbachev, the father of perestroika and glasnost, the brilliant if testy infighter whose policies not only failed to put bread on the table but spurred most of the country's 15 republics to loosen if not actually break the ties that bind them to Moscow. On the other side is Boris Yeltsin, the Lazarus of Soviet politics, the blunt-spoken and somewhat erratic brawler...
...Outwit, a freestyle rap competition. The event pitted the rappers against one another in three-minute matchups during which the competitors rapped over a beat played by Darius P. Felton ’08, a.k.a. DJ Radius. The competition was sponsored by Tuesday Magazine and The Darker Side, a weekend music program on WHRB, Harvard’s student-run radio station. The rapping mostly consisted of personal insults. “This is ‘Bennie Els,’ I play on the lyrical chords / Look at this guy, he should be on the basketball courts...
...hide but still see outside.” Maki gave a preview of his design for World Trade Center Tower 4, slated for completion in 2012. “We tried to make a very simple, very effective form,” Maki said. Maki said that each side of the building now under construction on Ground Zero would exhibit a different character. “When you are coming out of the elevator bank, you see trees and also a park,” Maki said. Meanwhile, another side is an “entirely different sort of environment...
...success at winning draws. After winning six of 11 faceoffs in the first half, the Crimson captured 14 of 16 in the second half. “We had Jackie at center and she was doing a great job getting the draw to go to the attacking side,” Martin said. “And then Caroline Simmons and Lexie Comstock did a great job controlling the ball.” After Columbia forced the sixth tie of the game, at 7-7, Harvard regained the lead again with goals from Schoen and Martin. But the Lions surged...
...finest moments Yeltsin showed a side to Russia that the West could believe in, a Russia that shared the West's values and interests. But Yeltsin's ineptness, and a recalcitrant opposition, meant that in the end he could only deliver a weak nation to Vladimir Putin, who is fashioning once again a Russia that is a threat to the West...