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...imperfections: light leakages, unplanned compositions, flaws in focus and inadvertent exposures create an accidental art and a welcome change from the sometimes sterile domain of conventional fine-art photography. In fact, the pictures are so enchanting that you almost wish the publishers had reproduced them in larger than actual size. But it's a minor complaint, given the book's beauty. This "anthropology of the ordinary," as the authors put it, is nothing short of remarkable...
...smell had one positive effect. “It’s worked as a great deterrent,” said Smith, who is also a Crimson business editor. “Finally we’ve reduced the numbers of people in the house to a manageable size. It might smell to you, but to us it’s sweet revenge...
...Instead of the one-size-fits-all policy now in place for funding HoCos, the UC should hold hearings at the beginning of the year, to assess just how miserable each House’s inhabitants really are, or, more accurately, how miserable they ought to be. Forget that the House system should probably reflect its own randomized nature and keep funding as equal as possible across the board...
...Iraqi politicians the more dramatic news might be where the country's unexpected reserves lie, rather than their size. The report says about 100 billion barrels of oil and a large amount of gas lie in the Sunni-dominated Al-Anbar province. Until now, Sunni politicians have feared economic devastation if Iraq divided into a federation or imploded into disparate ethnic states, since the territory dominated by their ethnic group was thought to be the only one without large reserves of oil. (Both the Shi'ite south and Kurdish north have productive fields.) "The Western desert has lain dormant," says...
Poor John Kerry. In 2004, thousands flocked to his public appearances, elated to see the Democratic nominee for President in person. These days, the junior Senator from Massachusetts is lucky to draw audiences a fraction of that size. Monsieur Botox is universally viewed as a has-been, more washed up than Dave Coulier of Full House fame (remember Uncle Joey?). I feel for the guy; I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets invited to audition for VH1’s The Surreal Life...