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...Harvard, to the present day, as a member of a quartet of mathematicians. His current repertoire includes “the classical quartet literature, up to Dvorak and Ravel.” Having played in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra while studying at Harvard, Dean Gross still attends alumni sight readings. He humbly added, “They put me next to someone competent so I can keep up. This fall I got to play viola in the Band’s 85th anniversary concert—it was a joke piece...
...southern death toll is up to nearly 500 this year, and there's no end in sight to the violence. "We really wished to solve the problems by peaceful means," said Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a recent radio address. "But some people still use violent ways, so we have to use both ways." The name Narathiwat means "the residence of good people," notes a local tourist brochure. The good people of southern Thailand?Buddhists and Muslims alike?wait with growing desperation for protection from...
...casual clothes that smack of Kohl's. Sure, this Sears store still has its standard array of Kenmore appliances, Craftsman power tools and DieHard batteries, but there's also a wine section and an eye-care shop. Most important, there isn't a musty, aging shopping mall anywhere in sight...
SpaceShipOne's lift-off is inventive too. The vehicle is carried aloft tethered to the belly of a futuristic cargo plane dubbed White Knight, which takes off effortlessly and then climbs in circles of ever increasing altitude for an hour. Just when you think White Knight has disappeared from sight, SpaceShipOne separates and ignites its engine, which is fueled by nitrous oxide and rubber, and a plume of white smoke shoots straight up into the sky. Unlike the computer-driven shuttle, SpaceShipOne is controlled by an old-fashioned mechanical stick and rudder. That makes the altitude climb hair-raising...
With the country moving toward historically Democratic values on social issues, the sight of Democratic politicians bending over backwards to ingratiate themselves with extreme social conservatives is frankly a bit silly. In fact, the real ideological battle for Democrats may be looming on the economic front. Americans are moving in a libertarian direction across the board: while people are becoming more socially liberal, they have also been nurturing feelings of tolerance for market capitalism...