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...just trying to play some good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll that people can dance to and forget about their daily troubles.” Star Wars may provide the muse, but the band insists that they try to make the songs stand up on their own. That means fans needn’t be at all familiar with any galaxies far, far away. Those Jedi that can make out Dern’s lyrics beneath the muffled fuzz of their often-bootleg audio equipment, however, will appreciate the band’s witty homage...
...Rudenstine, who led Harvard from 1991 to 2001, broke from his prepared remarks when he addressed the crowd of about 200. He lauded the Faculty as “fertile, inventive, and innovative.”“When you come right down to it and if you stand and ask this Faculty to do something and they believe it is in the best of interests of Harvard...they will do it, they really will do it,” said Rudenstine, who sported silver cufflinks and a red-and-black checkered tie.The former president spoke in the same...
...pirates even went so far as to design their very own line of fake NEC goods. The fact that NEC hadn't designed them didn't stop irate buyers calling the Japanese firm with complaints when the counterfeit devices occasionally proved defective. Pirates, it turns out, don't stand by warranties...
Elizabeth B. Hadaway ’09, informed of the protest through a message sent across the Harvard Darfur Action Group e-mail list, was one of those taking part. “Because it’s the anniversary, this is a good moment to solemnly take a stand,” Hadaway said. “I feel like something should be done, and at least I’m doing this...
...Taking a more moderate stand on the "Day Without Immigrants" is Angela Sanbrano, executive director of Carecen, or Central American Resource Center, a Los Angeles Latino immigrant community services organization. Sanbrano was one of the organizers of the March 25 demonstration that attracted more than 500,000 marchers to downtown L.A., but this time her group and others have distanced themselves from the more militant boycott organizers. They formed the We Are America Coalition, which planned a separate march along Wilshire Blvd. in midtown Los Angeles for 4 p.m. - after school hours and closer to quitting time for most jobholders...