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...most beautiful time of day, when the sun glows orange and the river’s reflective darkness stands out against the rusty color of the sky and the luxuriant spinach green of the jungle. As I sat idly watching and sipping my coffee, I was startled by the sight of two small gray porpoises jumping in sync out of the river....Almost immediately, from around the bend came two Pirahã canoes, their riders paddling for all they were worth, in pursuit of the porpoises, trying to touch them with their paddles. It was a game of tag, porpoise...
...point on the campaign trail was that I was relaxed, and I think I can get on pretty easily with New Zealanders from all walks of life. The biggest challenge, I think, for any Prime Minister is to stay connected with the people who elect you. Once you lose sight of that, then the end is probably not that far away...
...long have we been waiting for Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy? After a decade passed without sight or sound of the thing, music fans started cracking the obvious joke: the Chinese will have democracy before record stores get Chinese Democracy. That joke is itself now an antique - record stores! - but we finally have an answer. On Nov. 23, Guns N' Roses will release its fifth album of original material, 17 years after its last. Put another way, Miley Cyrus will soon get to hear the first new Guns N' Roses record of her lifetime. (Listen to Chinese Democracy...
...panel on the financial crisis could draw 200 people to the Harvard Kennedy School in 25-degree weather. Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz headlined a panel of financial experts in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum yesterday. He said that last weekend’s G20 summit was a welcome sight for the beleaguered global economy, even if it has yet to produce noticeable results. “It is very important that there was a G20 meeting, not G7, because the G7 [countries] are all bankrupt now,” said Stiglitz, a Columbia University professor. He said that...
...lead, as the team pushed the Huskies over much of the rest of the half. Freshman Hana Taniji ripped a shot with 32 minutes to play that the Huskie keeper had to dive to stop.With 20 minutes to play, the win was in the Crimson’s sight. But after a Harvard foul 30 yards out, Northeastern’s Kelly Matthews sent in the kick, which went untouched into the Harvard box. The ball took a tough bounce and then slipped through Mann’s fingers. With that, so did the game.It was Matthews’ second...