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...speculation. But in 1992 a new sort of hero set a bonfire to those vanities. This spring 470 coal miners arrived in Madrid after marching more than 300 miles from Leon in the north to protest layoffs. Villagers on the harsh Castillian plateau turned out to applaud and even sing to them; television stations filmed the blisters on their feet. "If they import Polish coal, our valley will die," said Eugenio Carpintero, 32, swigging wine from a leather pouch on a blustery afternoon. Outside the Guadarrama Hospital, nurses and patients cheered, "Viva los mineros...
...fact that he saw disturbing omen in the sky of late...his own face in the clouds, sticking its tongue out at him. Calvin however, in another telling reflection of our society's emphasis on science and fact, at the expense of fantasy, merely sees this as being a sing of "very peculiar high altitude winds," and doesn't worry...
Sunday is highlighted by the Opening Exercises.First-years and their families sit on foldingchairs together in Tercentenary Theater and try toimagine four years at this place. They sing quaintHarvard songs, listen to witty speeches, lookaround at other families and try to convincethemselves that the next time they end up sittingon a Tercentenary Theater foldingchair--Commencement--is a long, long way away...
There's a talent show one night, in whichfirst-years applaud their gifted classmates whocan play guitar, sing and even recite "The Raven"from memory. But while this is Harvard, there willstill be crummy acts. Which will be refreshing,since this is Harvard...
...goes something like this: a capella groupperforms funny skit. Audience members laugh andwish they, too, could wear tuxedos and blackcocktail dresses and be funny. A capella groupsings song with lots of ba-ba-ba sounds andharmonizing. Audience members applaud and wishthey, too, could wear tuxedos and black cocktaildresses and sing well. A capella groups encouragefirst years to audition...