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...course it's politicized." A case in point, he says, is Russia and Ukraine. "Russia doesn't care if, say, Bosnia wins, but if Ukraine wins, it's a scandal." Ukraine and Russia have been scrapping ferociously over gas and oil for two winters in a row. (In a slight rule change, Eurovision is re-introducing a pool of judges to try to ameliorate any unfairness that may arise from the popular vote...
...With the doubles point under its belt, Harvard went into the singles matches with the slight advantage...
...their fellowships would be absolutely guaranteed,” Brandt said, adding that GSAS guarantees every doctoral student a 5-year financial support package. In addition, although GSAS plans to effectively shrink its admission pool, Brandt said that current and prospective Ph.D. students in all programs would enjoy a slight stipend increase to ensure that they are able to maintain their fellowships. —Staff writer Marianna N. Tishchenko can be reached at mtishch@fas.harvard.edu...
Back in our high school days, FlyBy remembers that the cool kids used to use nicotine patches and gum just for the slight buzz. It was a lot more discreet than smoking, but it might as well have been a tattoo that said "I think I'm a badass!" Prediction: As people take advantage of free and easy access to nicotine, it won’t be long before “patches” supplant laundry room quarters as the currency of roommate transactions...
...works.Led by American-born conductor James Levine, now in his fifth season as music director, the BSO performed the last of its three-program survey of Mozart symphonies with his final, best known works.The opening piece—Mozart’s Symphony No. 39—suffered from slight problems with the orchestra’s ensemble. Shaky starts, mismatched lines, and rough endings of phrases were minor, but noticeable in the first two movements of the E-flat major symphony. Despite the few early stumbles in the performance, the BSO did not fail to deliver on charm...